Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends. 2. (n.) The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.

Multi-Version Concordance Bishopric (1 Occurrence) Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. (Root in KJV WBS)