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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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Eunomian
::
Eunomian
(n.) A
follower
of
Eunomius,
bishop
of
Cyzicus
(4th
century
A. D.), who held that
Christ
was not God but a
created
being,
having
a
nature
different
from that of the
Father..
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..
Sententiary
::
Sententiary
(n.) One who read
lectures,
or
commented,
on the
Sentences
of Peter
Lombard,
Bishop
of Paris
(1159-1160),
a
school
divine..
Bishopric
::
Bishopric
(n.) A
diocese;
the
district
over which the
jurisdiction
of a
bishop
extends.
Diocesan
::
Diocesan
(n.) A
bishop,
viewed
in
relation
to his
diocese;
as, the
diocesan
of New
York..
Throne
::
Throne
(n.) A chair of
state,
commonly
a royal seat, but
sometimes
the seat of a
prince,
bishop,
or other high
dignitary..
Visit
::
Visit (v. t.) To go or come to see for
inspection,
examination,
correction
of
abuses,
etc.; to
examine,
to
inspect;
as, a
bishop
visits
his
diocese;
a
superintendent
visits
persons
or works under his
charge..
Bishoply
::
Bishoply
(adv.)
In the
manner
of a
bishop.
Apollinarian
::
Apollinarian
(n.) A
follower
of
Apollinaris,
Bishop
of
Laodicea
in the
fourth
century,
who
denied
the
proper
humanity
of
Christ..
Abba
::
Abba (n.)
Father;
religious
superior;
-- in the
Syriac,
Coptic,
and
Ethiopic
churches,
a title given to the
bishops,
and by the
bishops
to the
patriarch..
Patriarch
::
Patriarch
(n.) A
dignitary
superior
to the order of
archbishops;
as, the
patriarch
of
Constantinople,
of
Alexandria,
or of
Antioch..
Provincial
::
Provincial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to an
ecclesiastical
province,
or to the
jurisdiction
of an
archbishop;
not
ecumenical;
as, a
provincial
synod..
Suffraganship
::
Suffragan
(a.) A
bishop
considered
as an
assistant,
or as
subject,
to his
metropolitan;
an
assistant
bishop..
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..
Archbishopric
::
Archbishopric
(n.) The
jurisdiction
or
office
of an
archbishop;
the see or
province
over which
archbishop
exercises
archiepiscopal
authority.
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..
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..
Archiepiscopacy
::
Archiepiscopacy
(n.) The state or
dignity
of an
archbishop.
Acephali
::
Acephali
(n. pl.)
Bishops
and
certain
clergymen
not under
regular
diocesan
control.
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..
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