English Explanatory Dictionary

bishopdom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of bishopric.
  2. Synonym of episcopate.

Word forms

bishopdom bishopdoms

Etymology

From Middle English bischopdom, from Old English bisċopdōm, bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm (“the province of a bishop; a bishopric”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskopadōm, equivalent to bishop + -dom. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bisdum (“bishopdom”), West Frisian bisdom (“bishopdom”), Dutch bisdom (“bishopdom”), German Bistum (“bishopdom”), Danish bispedømme (“bishopdom”), Swedish biskopsdöme (“bishopdom”), Icelandic biskupsdæmur, biskupsdæmi (“bishopdom”).

Synonyms

bishopric episcopate
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