Bishoprick
Bible Usage:
- bishoprick used once.
- Bible Reference: Acts 1:20
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G1984 Used 1 time
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bishopric
the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extended. (Acts 1:20; 1 Timothy 3:1)
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Bishopric
BISH'OPRIC,noun [bishop and ric, jurisdiction.]
1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of bishop extends. in England, are twenty-four bishoprics, besides that of Sodor and Man; in Ireland, eighteen.
2. The charge of instructing and governing in spiritual concerns; office. Acts 1:20.