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Definition of bishop

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Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..

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Late :: Late (v.) Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration..

Bishop :: Bishop (v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor..

Grace :: Grace (n.) The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England..

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..

Archiepiscopal :: Archiepiscopal (a.) Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see..

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority..

Palace :: Palace (n.) The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..

Cross-bearer :: Cross-bearer (n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

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..

Suffragan :: Suffragan (a.) Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop..

Cobishop :: Cobishop (n.) A joint or coadjutant bishop.

Exeat :: Exeat (n.) A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.

Succession :: Succession (n.) A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology..

College :: College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops..

Suffraganship :: Suffragan (a.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop..

Almoner :: Almoner (n.) One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc..

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents..

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) An archbishop.

Sententiary :: Sententiary (n.) One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine..