bishopric
noun
bish·op·ric
ˈbi-shə-(ˌ)prik 
Examples of bishopric in a Sentence
He was elected to the bishopric at the turn of the century.
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The bishopric proceeded to commend another local lawmaker from Mitsotakis’ governing New Democracy party for voting against the law.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
Much of its portfolio is controlled by Ensign Peak Advisers, a nonprofit investment manager overseen by ecclesiastical leaders known as its presiding bishopric.
—CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023
Furthermore, that printing press was owned by the bishopric, which in turn determined what could be printed for the next two centuries.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2022
The bishopric would not have been particularly interested in romances and heroic narratives, so these works survived in the form of manuscripts that regular Icelanders copied by hand.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2022
Timothy reminded a bishop who sought comfortable retirement in Baghdad that his colleagues were on the road to China and India, and that Timothy had just founded yet another bishopric for Tibet!
—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021
Then the first letter arrived at the Ghent bishopric, demanding 1 million francs, a vast sum at the time, for the panel's safe return, and threatening to destroy the work if authorities didn't cooperate.
—Raf Casert, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
As a land developer himself, former member of the county’s Planning Commission and an ecclesiastical leader in the bishopric of his Latter-day Saint congregation, some say his opinions carried weight.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
Much of its portfolio is controlled by Ensign Peak Advisers, a nonprofit investment manager overseen by ecclesiastical leaders known as its presiding bishopric.
—CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023
Furthermore, that printing press was owned by the bishopric, which in turn determined what could be printed for the next two centuries.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2022
The bishopric would not have been particularly interested in romances and heroic narratives, so these works survived in the form of manuscripts that regular Icelanders copied by hand.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2022
Timothy reminded a bishop who sought comfortable retirement in Baghdad that his colleagues were on the road to China and India, and that Timothy had just founded yet another bishopric for Tibet!
—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021
Then the first letter arrived at the Ghent bishopric, demanding 1 million francs, a vast sum at the time, for the panel's safe return, and threatening to destroy the work if authorities didn't cooperate.
—Raf Casert, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
As a land developer himself, former member of the county’s Planning Commission and an ecclesiastical leader in the bishopric of his Latter-day Saint congregation, some say his opinions carried weight.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
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bishopric
noun
bish·op·ric
ˈbish-ə-(ˌ)prik
1
: diocese
2
: the position of bishop
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