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Meanings of refuse a bishopric in English

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Usage of refuse a bishopric in English
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Dr. Ashton has refused a bishopric, and Anne is the sweetest girl ever created.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
2
He refused a bishopric, foreseeing trouble under Mary Tudor, from whom he fled to the Continent.
A Short History of Scotland
3
He was minister at Kidderminster, where he was content to labor in an humble sphere, having refused a bishopric.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleo...
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Lord Orford says of him somewhere in his letters, that he intended to have refused a bishopric if it had been offered him.
Lives of the English Poets / From Johnson to Kirke White, Design...