bishophood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state, condition, or office of a bishop.

Word forms

bishophood

Etymology

From Middle English bischophood, bishophod, bischophad, from Old English bisċophād (“the office or state of a bishop; the episcopate”), equivalent to bishop + -hood.

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