bishophood
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English bischophood, bishophod, bischophad, from Old English bisċophād (“the office or state of a bishop; the episcopate”), equivalent to bishop + -hood.
Noun edit
bishophood (uncountable)
- The state, condition, or office of a bishop; the episcopate.
- 1919, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle:
- 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.