bishophood

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bishophood

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

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uncountable 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.

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@misc{bishophood_2026,
  title = {bishophood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bishophood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}