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Definition of bishop
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of bishop is as below...
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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Town
::
Town (adv. &
prep.)
Any
number
or
collection
of
houses
to which
belongs
a
regular
market,
and which is not a city or the see of a
bishop..
Order
::
Order (n.) An
ecclesiastical
grade or rank, as of
deacon,
priest,
or
bishop;
the
office
of the
Christian
ministry;
-- often used in the
plural;
as, to take
orders,
or to take holy
orders,
that is, to enter some grade of the
ministry..
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..
Grace
::
Grace (n.) The title of a duke, a
duchess,
or an
archbishop,
and
formerly
of the king of
England..
Augustinian
::
Augustinian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to St.
Augustine,
bishop
of Hippo in
Northern
Africa
(b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his
doctrines..
Bishop''s-weed
::
Bishop's-weed
(n.) An
umbelliferous
plant of the genus Ammi.
Option
::
Option
(n.) A right
formerly
belonging
to an
archbishop
to
select
any one
dignity
or
benefice
in the gift of a
suffragan
bishop
consecrated
or
confirmed
by him, for
bestowal
by
himself
when next
vacant;
--
annulled
by
Parliament
in
1845..
Deaconess
::
Deaconess
(n.) A woman set apart for
church
work by a
bishop.
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..
Deacon
::
Deacon
(n.) An
officer
in
Christian
churches
appointed
to
perform
certain
subordinate
duties
varying
in
different
communions.
In the Roman
Catholic
and
Episcopal
churches,
a
person
admitted
to the
lowest
order in the
ministry,
subordinate
to the
bishops
and
priests.
In
Presbyterian
churches,
he is
subordinate
to the
minister
and
elders,
and has
charge
of
certain
duties
connected
with the
communion
service
and the care of the poor. In
Congregational
churches,
he is
subordinate
to the
pastor,
and
Dean
::
Dean (n.) A
dignitary
or
presiding
officer
in
certain
ecclesiastical
and lay
bodies;
esp., an
ecclesiastical
dignitary,
subordinate
to a
bishop..
Goutwort
::
Goutwort
(n.) A
coarse
umbelliferous
plant of
Europe
(Aegopodium
Podagraria);
--
called
also
bishop's
weed,
ashweed,
and herb
gerard..
Metropolitanate
::
Metropolitanate
(n.) The see of a
metropolitan
bishop.
Bishoping
::
Bishoping
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Bisho.
Bishoply
::
Bishoply
(adv.)
In the
manner
of a
bishop.
Apse
::
Apse (n.) The
bishop's
seat or
throne,
in
ancient
churches..
Archiepiscopacy
::
Archiepiscopacy
(n.) That form of
episcopacy
in which the chief power is in the hands of
archbishops.
Enthronization
::
Enthronization
(n.) The act of
enthroning;
hence,
the
admission
of a
bishop
to his stall or
throne
in his
cathedral..
Bishop''s-wort
::
Bishop's-wort
(n.) Wood
betony
(Stachys
betonica);
also, the plant
called
fennel
flower
(Nigella
Damascena),
or
devil-in-a-bush..
Macedonian
::
Macedonian
(n.) One of a
certain
religious
sect,
followers
of
Macedonius,
Bishop
of
Constantinople,
in the
fourth
century,
who held that the Holy Ghost was a
creature,
like the
angels,
and a
servant
of the
Father
and the Son..
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