Definition for Bishopric:

• The jurisdiction or the office of a bishop.

Synonyms for Bishopric:

• n.

  •
  • presbytery.
  •diocese (noun)
  • primacy,
  • Episcopate,
  • benefices,
  • Bishopdom,
  • Archiepiscopacy,
  • Prelateship,
  • benefice,
  • prelature,
  • episcopates,
  • Prelacies.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cleric,
  • the holy see,
  • chapter,
  • nuncio,
  • SJ,
  • moderator,
  • chaplaincy,
  • chaplain,
  • clergy,
  • pontificate,
  • inquisitor,
  • man of the cloth,
  • mother superior,
  • dean,
  • padre,
  • deaconess,
  • jesuit,
  • rector,
  • pastoral,
  • patriarch,
  • canon,
  • man of God,
  • curate,
  • pontiff,
  • MGR,
  • abbess,
  • archdeacon,
  • prioress,
  • episcopal,
  • Mother Teresa,
  • abbot,
  • high priest,
  • churchman,
  • archbishop,
  • rev,
  • parson,
  • deacon,
  • prelate,
  • archdiocese,
  • priestly,
  • cloth,
  • primate,
  • father,
  • the Archbishop of Canterbury,
  • eminence,
  • prior,
  • Predicant,
  • elder,
  • pastor,
  • vicar,
  • suffragan,
  • priesthood,
  • fr,
  • high priestess,
  • churchwarden,
  • MSGR,
  • minister,
  • ecclesiastic,
  • the Inquisition,
  • monsignor,
  • glebe,
  • reverend,
  • preacher,
  • priest,
  • clerical,
  • cardinal,
  • bishop,
  • Reverend Mother,
  • provost,
  • ministry,
  • dominican,
  • pope,
  • sexton.
  •
  • deanery,
  • prelacy,
  • order,
  • parochial,
  • archbishopric,
  • parish.
  •
  • province.
  •
  • division.
  •prelacy
  • Episcopacy.

Bishopric Sentence Examples:

• He preached frequently before the king, and did not hesitate to rebuke his vices, notwithstanding or because of which he was appointed to the bishopric of Tulle, whence he was afterwards translated to Agen.

• Fray Juan was extremely mortified that he could not obtain a bishopric, and we may suppose that nothing but jealousy could inspire him with such scruples, sixteen years after the event.

Hypernym for Bishopric:

• n.

  • location
    Exarchate, archdiocese, eparchy.

Hyponym for Bishopric:

• n.

  • location
    jurisdiction.

Meronym for Bishopric:

• n.

  • location
    parish, see.