bishopric

n.

1. The office or rank of a bishop.
2. The diocese of a bishop.

[Middle English bishoprik, from Old English bisceoprīce, the diocese of a bishop : bisceop, bishop; see bishop + rīce, realm.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
  Synonym: diocese

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bispeembede, bispestol

Nederlands (Dutch)
bisdom, bischopsambt

Français (French)
n. - évêché, épiscopat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bistum

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επισκοπή

Italiano (Italian)
vescovato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bispado (m), diocese (f)

Русский (Russian)
епископство, епархия

Español (Spanish)
n. - diócesis, obispado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - biskopsämbete, biskopsstift

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
主教的职位, 主教的辖区

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 主教的職位, 主教的轄區

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주교직

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - キンランチョウ, 僧正

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أسقفيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בישופות‬

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