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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bishopricknoun
The diocese of a bishop; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
Etymology: biscoprice, Saxon.
It will be fit, that, by the king’s supreme power in causes ecclesiastical, they be subordinate under some bishop, and bishoprick, of this realm. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.
A virtuous woman should reject marriage, as a good man does a bishoprick; but I would advise neither to persist in refusing. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 89.
Those pastors had episcopal ordination, possessed preferments in the church, and were sometimes promoted to bishopricks themselves. Jonathan Swift, on the Sentiments of a Church of E. man.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bishoprick in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bishoprick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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