bishopdom

bishopdom means synonym of bishopric.

Etymology

From Middle English bischopdom, from Old English bisċopdōm, bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm (“the province of a bishop; a bishopric”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskopadōm, equivalent to bishop + -dom. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bisdum (“bishopdom”), West Frisian bisdom (“bishopdom”), Dutch bisdom (“bishopdom”), German Bistum (“bishopdom”), Danish bispedømme (“bishopdom”), Swedish biskopsdöme (“bishopdom”), Icelandic biskupsdæmur, biskupsdæmi (“bishopdom”).

noun

Synonym of bishopric.“See the frowardneſſe of this Man, he would perſwade us that the Succeſſion and divine Right of Biſhopdom hath bin unqueſtionable through all Ages;”
Synonym of episcopate.