bishopdom
bishopdom noun: synonym of bishopric.
Noun
bishopdom (countable and uncountable, plural bishopdoms)
- Synonym of bishopric.
- See the frowardneſſe of this Man, he would perſwade us that the Succeſſion and divine Right of Biſhopdom hath bin unqueſtionable through all Ages;1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […]...
- Synonyms:
- bishopric
- Synonym of episcopate.
- Synonyms:
- episcopate
bishopdom meaning in Tamil
bishopdom in Tamil
- பேராயம்
Synonyms of bishopdom
Forms of bishopdom
| plural | bishopdoms |
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Origin of bishopdom
From Middle English bischopdom, from Old English bisċopdōm, bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm (“the province of a bishop; a bishopric”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskopadōm, equivalent to bishop + -dom. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bisdum (“bishopdom”), West Frisian bisdom (“bishopdom”), Dutch bisdom (“bishopdom”), German Bistum (“bishopdom”), Danish bispedømme (“bishopdom”), Swedish biskopsdöme (“bishopdom”), Icelandic biskupsdæmur, biskupsdæmi (“bishopdom”).
Questions about bishopdom
- What does bishopdom mean?
- Bishopdom means synonym of bishopric.
- What is bishopdom in Tamil?
- Bishopdom in Tamil is பேராயம். See Bishopdom meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bishopdom?
- Bishopdom is a noun.
- What is the plural of bishopdom?
- The plural of bishopdom is bishopdoms.
Words near bishopdom in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bishopdom (page history and authors); bishopdom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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