Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
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Bishopric
//ˈbɪʃəpɹɪk//
Synonyms for "bishopric" (160 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
metropolitanshipnobilityoblastokrugpapacyparishpashadompashalicpastoratepastorshippatriarchatepatriarchypontificalitypontificatepopedompopehoodpopeshipprebendprebendaryshipprecinct
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prefectshipprefectureprelacyprelateshipprelaturepremiershippresbyteratepresbyterypresidencypresidentshipprimacyprime-ministershipprime-ministryprincedomprinceshipprincipalityproconsulateproconsulshipprotectorateprotectorshipprovinceprovostryprovostshiprectoraterectorshipregencyregentshipregionridingruling classseeseignioryseneschalshipseneschalsysheikhdomsheriffaltysheriffcysheriffdomsheriffwickshireshrievaltysokestakestatesupervisorshipsuzerainshipsuzeraintysynodterritorytowntownshiptribunatevicariatevicarshipvillagevizierateviziershipwapentakeward
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1 entriescoordinate
12 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 34 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- bisbat noun (diocese)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲏ noun (diocese)
Czech
2 entries- biskupství noun (diocese)
- biskupství noun (function of being bishop)
Danish
3 entries- bispedømme noun (diocese)
- bispesæde noun (diocese)
- stift noun (diocese)
Dutch
4 entries- bisdom noun (diocese)
- diocees noun (diocese)
- diocese noun (diocese)
- episcopaat noun (function of being bishop)
Estonian
1 entries- piiskopkond noun (diocese)
Finnish
1 entries- hiippakunta noun (diocese)
French
2 entries- épiscopat noun (function of being bishop)
- évêché noun (diocese)
German
2 entries- Bistum noun (diocese)
- Diözese noun (diocese)
Greenlandic
1 entries- biskoppeqarfik noun (diocese)
Hungarian
2 entries- püspökség noun (diocese)
- püspökség noun (function of being bishop)
Icelandic
1 entries- biskupsdæmi noun (diocese)
Ido
1 entries- episkopio noun (diocese)
Indonesian
1 entries- keuskupan noun (diocese)
Italian
1 entries- vescovato noun (diocese)
Latin
2 entries- dioecēsis noun (diocese)
- episcopātus noun (function of being bishop)
Latvian
1 entries- bīskapija noun (diocese)
Low German
1 entries- Bisdom noun (function of being bishop)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- biskupstwo noun (diocese)
Macedonian
4 entries- бискупија noun (diocese)
- бискупство noun (function of being bishop)
- епархија noun (diocese)
- епископство noun (function of being bishop)
Malay
2 entries- biskoprik noun (diocese)
- keuskupan noun (diocese)
Middle English
2 entries- bischopriche noun (function of being bishop)
- byschopryke noun (diocese)
Māori
2 entries- pīhopatanga noun (diocese)
- pīhopatanga noun (function of being bishop)
Polish
3 entries- biskupstwo noun (diocese)
- biskupstwo noun (function of being bishop)
- diecezja noun (diocese)
Portuguese
4 entries- bispado noun (diocese)
- bispado noun (function of being bishop)
- episcopado noun (diocese)
- episcopado noun (function of being bishop)
Romanian
2 entries- episcopat noun (function of being bishop)
- episcopie noun (diocese)
Russian
1 entries- епа́рхия noun (diocese)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- biskùpija noun (diocese)
- биску̀пија noun (diocese)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- aa´rhelkå´dd noun (diocese)
Slovene
1 entries- škofija noun (diocese)
Spanish
1 entries- obispado noun (diocese)
Swedish
3 entries- biskopat noun (function of being bishop)
- biskopdöme noun (diocese)
- biskopsdöme noun (diocese)
Tagalog
3 entries- diyosesis noun (diocese)
- obispado noun (diocese)
- obispado noun (function of being bishop)
Turkish
1 entries- piskoposluk noun (diocese)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Iohn Fiſher Biſhop of Rocheſter, when the King [Henry VII of England] would have tranſlated him from that poore Biſhopricke to a better, he refuſed, saying: He would not forſake his poore little olde wife, with whom he had ſo long lived.
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Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.
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Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy
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