Also 6 -dome. [f. BISHOP + -DOM; cf. OE. bisceopdóm bishopric.]

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  † 1.  = BISHOPHOOD. Obs.

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a. 887.  O. E. Chron., an. 660. Wine heold þone biscepdom iii ʓear.

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1635.  J. Skidmore, in Lee, Valid. Anglic. Ord. (1869), 86. He giveth power of bishopdom to the party consecrated.

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  2.  Episcopal order; episcopate; also concr. bishops collectively.

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1641.  Milton, Animadv., Wks. (1851), 194. The succession, and divine right of Bishopdom.

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1807.  W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., V. 578. A real bishopdom prevails in the allied sect.

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1858.  Gen. P. Thompson, Audi Alt., I. xxxix. 150. Bishopdom is up in arms.

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  † 3.  The personality of a bishop. Obs.

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1589.  Marprel. Epit. (1843), 4. The Puritans … Crushe the very braine of your Bishopdomes.

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1589.  Hay any Work (1844), 60. Though they have none of your Bishopdomes.

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