Bishopric vs Archbishop - What's the difference?
bishopric | archbishop | Related terms |
A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
The office or function of a bishop.
In the Roman Catholic Church and other churches, a senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province .
Archbishop is a related term of bishopric.
As nouns the difference between bishopric and archbishop
is that bishopric is a diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs while archbishop is in the Roman Catholic Church and other churches, a senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province.bishopric
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* bishoprickNoun
(en noun)- Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
