Bishopricとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• bishoprick, bishoprike

語源

From 中期英語 bischopriche, from 古期英語 bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop +‎ -ric (compare German Reich).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/

名詞

bishopric (plural bishoprics)

1. A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.

   Synonym: diocese

   Hypernym: see

   Coordinate terms: archbishopric, archdiocese

   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, 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.

   • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:

     Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.

2. The office or function of a bishop.

   Hypernyms: see, seat

   Synonyms: bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood

   Coordinate terms: archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood, archiepiscopacy; papacy, popedom, popeship, popehood

   Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy