New Cassell's German-English

whole expression is something like 'the prince's chancellery of cathedral chapters'

mir scheint, "prince-bishopric" trifft es eher.

Hochstift = Fürstbistum, siehe zB http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochstift

und das wiederum scheint "prince-bishopric" auf Englisch zu sein, siehe zB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince-bishop

Given the unfortunate lack in Leo of a good translation of this rather important term, I believe the current usage is more important for most people than the historical background. Such terms as "prince-bishopric" have very little meaning to most English-speakers, and no clear relationship to the current usage, "foundation" or "fund". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(non-...