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Athanasian :: Athanasian (a.) Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century..

#NAME? :: -ric () A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority..

Bishoped :: Bishoped (imp. & p. p.) of Bisho.

Episcopal :: Episcopal (a.) Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system..

Synodal :: Synodal (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration..

Zuchetto :: Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black..

Commissary :: Commissary (n.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy..

Episcopate :: Episcopate (v. i.) To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.

Bullwort :: Bullwort (n.) See Bishop's-weed.

Shruff :: Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel..

Ban :: Ban (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes..

Lawm :: Lawm (n.) A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself..

Chimere :: Chimere (n.) The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached..

Drabbish :: Drabbish (a.) Somewhat drab in color.

Jansenist :: "Jansenist (n.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace..

Diocesan :: Diocesan (n.) A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York..

Berkeleian :: Berkeleian (a.) Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy..

Lord :: Lord (n.) A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank..

Pope :: Pope (n.) The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal..

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