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bishophood

bishophood noun: the state, condition, or office of a bishop.

Noun

bishophood (uncountable)

  1. The state, condition, or office of a bishop.
    • I find he was really of religious nature, and thought in secret, in spite of his bishophood, very much in regard to religion as we do.1919, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle

Origin of bishophood

From Middle English bischophood, bishophod, bischophad, from Old English bisċophād (“the office or state of a bishop; the episcopate”), equivalent to bishop + -hood.

Questions about bishophood

What does bishophood mean?
Bishophood means the state, condition, or office of a bishop.
What part of speech is bishophood?
Bishophood is a noun.

Words near bishophood in the dictionary

  1. bishopdom
  2. bishopdoms
  3. bishoped
  4. bishopess
  5. bishopesses
  6. bishophood
  7. bishoping
  8. bishopless
  9. bishoplet
  10. bishoplets
  11. bishoplike

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