n. 1. The office or rank of a bishop. 2. The diocese of a bishop. [Middle English bishoprik, from Old English bisceoprīce, the diocese of a bishop : bisceop, bishop; see BISHOP + rīce, realm; see reg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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