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Bishoprick vs Bishopric - What's the difference?

bishoprick | bishopric | Alternative forms |

Bishopric is a derived term of bishoprick.

Bishopric is a alternative form of bishoprick.



As nouns the difference between bishoprick and bishopric

is that bishoprick is obsolete spelling of lang=en while bishopric is a diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.

bishoprick

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • 1611, , Acts 1:20: ''For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

    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