bishopric
司教区
解説 Definition
司教区とは、カトリック教会やイギリス国教会などの宗教組織において、一人の司教が統治する地域のこと。特定の都市や地方を管轄する教区を指します。
A bishopric is the area or district that is controlled by a bishop in the Christian Church. It can also mean the office or position of being a bishop. The word is mainly used in religious and historical contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bishop を知っていれば核はつかめます。まず「司教その人」ではなく、その司教が受け持つ“区域”を表す名詞だと固定すると覚えやすいです。bishopric = the area ruled by a bishop と置く感じ。現代では diocese の方が一般的なので、bishopric はやや制度的・歴史的な響きと一緒に覚えるとよいです。bishop（司教本人）や cathedral（建物）と混同せず、within a bishopric, govern a bishopric のように地域運営の文脈で結びつけると残ります。
If you know `bishop`, you already have the key part. `Bishopric` is not the bishop himself, but the area connected with his authority. Think of it as a church-region word, and keep it apart from `cathedral`, which is a building.
例文
The bishop oversees all the churches within his bishopric.
司教は自分の司教区内のすべての教会を統括しています。
This bishopric includes three major cities and several smaller towns.
この司教区は3つの大都市と複数の小さな町を含んでいます。
The boundaries of the bishopric were established over a century ago.
司教区の境界は1世紀以上前に確立されました。
bishopric の類義語・関連語
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bishopric の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bishopric は古英語 bisceoprice に由来し、bishop「司教」+ -ric「支配領域・国」から成ります。bishop 自体は後期ラテン語 episcopus、さらにギリシャ語 episkopos「見守る人」にさかのぼるため、字面どおり「司教が治める区域」だと理解できます。関連語は episcopal と scope です。
Bishopric comes from Old English bisceoprice, made from bishop and the suffix -ric, meaning a realm or area of rule. Bishop itself goes back through Late Latin episcopus to Greek episkopos, meaning "overseer" or "watcher." The word originally meant the district or authority ruled by a bishop. A related English word is episcopal.
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