bishopricとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• bishoprick

語源

From Middle English byschopryke, bysschopriche, bisshopriche, from 古期英語 bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop +‎ -ric (compare German Reich).

発音

• (Received 発音, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/

名詞

bishopric (複数形 bishoprics)

1. A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.

   Synonym: diocese

   Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.

   • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], “Grave Speeches, and Wittie Apothegms of Woorthie Personages of This Realme in Former Times”, in Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, OCLC 1064186951, page 220:

     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.

2. The office or function of a bishop.

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• archbishopric
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