bishopric

Noun

Meaning

A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.

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A Christian church and a bishopric existed here from a very early time, probably originating in the considerable Jewish colony. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

After Augustine's death in 604, Canterbury continued to be the site of the southern archbishopric, and London remained a bishopric. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

And I will send one to each bishopric in my kingdom, and in each will be an æstel worth fifty mancuses. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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