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Bishopric vs Culm - What's the difference?

bishopric | culm |

As nouns the difference between bishopric and culm

is that bishopric is a diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs while culm is waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.

As a proper noun Culm is

a German bishopric, founded in 1234.

bishopric

English

Alternative forms

* bishoprick

Noun

(en noun)
  • A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
  • The office or function of a bishop.
    • Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.

    Synonyms

    * diocese

    Related terms

    * archbishopric * bishop

    See also

    * see

    culm

    English

    Etymology 1

    Perhaps related to (coal). Perhaps from (etyl) , applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales: compare Old English culme.

    Noun

  • waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.
  • * 1887 , Homer Greene, Burnham Breaker , Chapter XXI:
    • Here he lay down on a place soft with culm , to take his contemplated rest, and, before he was aware of it, sleep had descended on him, overpowered him, and bound him fast.
  • anthracite, especially when found in small masses

    • Etymology 2

    Borrowed from (etyl) culmus .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge
  • * 1962 , , page 150:
    • ...because, upon hearing him out, she sank down on the lawn in an impossible posture, examining a grass culm and frowning, he had taken his words back at once;...