(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:09:07

Bish"op*ric (?), n. [AS. bisceoprice; bisceop bishop + rice dominion. See -ric.]

1.

A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

2.

The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.

Acts i. 20.

 

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