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bishophood|ˈbɪʃəphʊd|
Forms: 1–3 -had(e, 3–5 -hed(e, 4–5 -od, -hode, 4– -hood.
[OE. bisceophad; cf. -hood, -head.]
The office, condition, dignity, or rank of a bishop.
c1000Ags. Ps. cviii[ix]. 8 His bisceophad brucan feondas. a1300Cursor M. 21248 For his liuelade Siþen þan toke he bischophade. 1382Wyclif 1 Tim. Prol., The apostle..techith of the ordynaunce of byschophood. c1383― Sel. Wks. III. 315 He mynistride [MS. mysurde] þe ordre of bischopod. c1400Apol. Loll. 2 He þat desiriþ bischophed, he desiriþ a good werk. c1449Pecock Repr. iii. xvi. 380 Officis of bischophode or louȝer preesthode. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers IV. ii. 47 Before he may reach the bishophood. |