BISH'OPRIC,noun [bishop and ric, jurisdiction.] 1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of bishop extends. in England, are twenty-four bishoprics, besides that of Sodor and Man; in Ireland, eighteen. 2. The charge of instructing and governing in spiritual concerns; office. Acts 1:20.
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