Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BISH'OP-RIC
BISH'OP-RIC, n. [bishop and ric, jurisdiction.]
- A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends. In England are twenty-four bishoprics, besides that of Sodor and Man; in Ireland, eighteen.
- The charge of instructing and governing in spiritual concerns; office. – Acts i. 20.
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