Hochstift

== German == === Etymology === From hoch (“high”) +‎ Stift (“ecclesiastical donation (fund of estates)”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhoːxˌʃtɪft/ Hyphenation: Hoch‧stift === Noun === Hochstift n (strong, genitive Hochstiftes or Hochstifts, plural Hochstifte or Hochstifter) (Christianity) prince-bishopric (an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled politically by a prince-bishop) Synonym: Fürstbistum ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Hochstift Basel (“Prince-Bishopric of Basel”) Hochstift Brixen (“Prince-Bishopric of Brixen”) Hochstift Konstanz (“Prince-Bishopric of Constance”) Hochstift Lübeck (“Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck”) Hochstift Lüttich (“Prince-Bishopric of Liège”) Hochstift Münster (“Prince-Bishopric of Münster”) Hochstift Osnabrück (“Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück”) Hochstift Speyer (“Prince-Bishopric of Speyer”) Hochstift Trient (“Prince-Bishopric of Trent”) Hochstift Würzburg (“Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg”) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Erzstift (“prince-archbishopric”) Kurerzstift (“electorate-archbishopric”) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Hochstift” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hochstift” in Duden online “Hochstift”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– “Hochstift” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.