Bishopric is an English word with synonyms like diocese or episcopate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bishopric meaning
- A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.
- The office or function of a bishop.
Synonyms of Bishopric
Using Bishopric
- The main meaning on this page is: A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs. | The office or function of a bishop.
- Useful related words include: diocese, episcopate, jurisdiction.
- In the example corpus, bishopric often appears in combinations such as: the bishopric, bishopric of, bishopric and.
Context around Bishopric
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bishopric
- In this selection, "bishopric" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, prince, prestigious, presiding, existed, told and accompanying stand out and add context to how "bishopric" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a bishopric existed here and a new bishopric as it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bishopric" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and addressable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bishopric
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bishops collected revenues from estates attached to their bishopric. (9 words)
He has served in the bishopric and taught a Book of Mormon class on campus. (15 words)
At the same time, the bishopric of Worms extended its influence into the valley, founding Schönau Abbey in 1142. (19 words)
Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 221 The historian Nicholas Brooks argues that the choice of Rochester was probably not because it had been a Roman-era bishopric, but rather because of its importance in the politics of the time. (43 words)
It is somewhat disappointing, however, to find no mention among those tributes of a rather more important literary figure than Beatrix Potter, namely Gavin Douglas, who held the Bishopric of Dunkeld from 1515 till his death in 1523. (38 words)
Although its function is unknown, it has been often suggested that the jewel was one of the æstels—pointers for reading—that Alfred ordered sent to every bishopric accompanying a copy of his translation of the Pastoral Care. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Prince-Bishopric of Lavant with its bishop's seat at Sankt Andrä in the Carinthian Lavant valley was founded as a bishopric in 1228 and raised to a prince-bishopric in 1446.
A Christian church and a bishopric existed here from the very early days of Christianity, most likely originating in the considerable Jewish colony there.
It is somewhat disappointing, however, to find no mention among those tributes of a rather more important literary figure than Beatrix Potter, namely Gavin Douglas, who held the Bishopric of Dunkeld from 1515 till his death in 1523.
He has served in the bishopric and taught a Book of Mormon class on campus.
Sadly, even before he was first translated to the prestigious bishopric of Durham, some of us at Liverpool Cathedral had begun to spot blemishes in Dean Welby.
The church can’t predict “when the next 2008 is going to take place,” Christopher Waddell, second counselor in the faith’s Presiding Bishopric, told The Journal.
A Christian church and a bishopric existed here from a very early time, probably originating in the considerable Jewish colony.
After Augustine's death in 604, Canterbury continued to be the site of the southern archbishopric, and London remained a bishopric.
After the reintegration of the Diocese of San Marcial del Rubicón in the papacy of Martin V, the Bishopric of Fuerteventura was abolished only seven years after it was created in 1431.
All diocesan bishops continued to sit in Parliament, but the Bishopric of Manchester Act 1847, and later Acts, provide that only the 26 most senior are Lords Spiritual.
Although its function is unknown, it has been often suggested that the jewel was one of the æstels—pointers for reading—that Alfred ordered sent to every bishopric accompanying a copy of his translation of the Pastoral Care.
And I will send one to each bishopric in my kingdom, and in each will be an æstel worth fifty mancuses.
Arbroath Abbey was founded (1178), and the bishopric of Argyll established (c.1192) in the same year as papal confirmation of the Scottish church by Pope Celestine III.
At the same time, the bishopric of Worms extended its influence into the valley, founding Schönau Abbey in 1142.
Because parts of the Bishopric of Würzburg also fell to Bamberg, Würzburg was enfeoffed several royal estates by King Henry II by way of compensation.
Bishops collected revenues from estates attached to their bishopric.
Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 221 The historian Nicholas Brooks argues that the choice of Rochester was probably not because it had been a Roman-era bishopric, but rather because of its importance in the politics of the time.
Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 306 Although Ealdred gave up the bishopric, the appointment of Wulfstan was one that allowed Ealdred to continue his considerable influence on the see of Worcester.
Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 11–13a The city was a logical choice for a new bishopric, as it was a hub for the southern road network.
But Henry IV was generous in his triumph: he restored the rich lands obtained earlier from the Bishopric and also founded a Kolegiata consecrated to the Holy Cross.
Common combinations with bishopric
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bishopric 30×
- bishopric of 25×
- bishopric and 5×
- bishopric in 4×
- of bishopric 4×
- and bishopric 3×
- new bishopric 3×
- his bishopric 3×
- bishopric existed 2×
- presiding bishopric 2×