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bishopdom|ˈbɪʃəpdəm|
Also 6 -dome.
[f. bishop + -dom; cf. OE. bisceopdóm bishopric.]
†1. = bishophood. Obs.
a887O.E. Chron. an. 660 Wine heold þone biscepdom iii ᵹear. 1635J. Skidmore in Lee Valid. Anglic. Ord. (1869) 86 He giveth power of bishopdom to the party consecrated.
2. Episcopal order; episcopate; also concr. bishops collectively.
1641Milton Animadv. Wks. (1851) 194 The succession, and divine right of Bishopdom. 1807W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. V. 578 A real bishopdom prevails in the allied sect. 1858Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. I. xxxix. 150 Bishopdom is up in arms.
†3. The personality of a bishop. Obs.
1589Marprel. Epit. (1843) 4 The Puritans..Crushe the very braine of your Bishopdomes. 1589Hay any Work (1844) 60 Though they have none of your Bishopdomes. |