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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.) A piece used in the game of
chess,
bearing
a
representation
of a
bishop's
miter;
--
formerly
called
archer..
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Cathedral
::
Cathedral
(n.) The
principal
church
in a
diocese,
so
called
because
in it the
bishop
has his
official
chair
(Cathedra)
or
throne..
Crook
::
Crook (n.) A
bishop's
staff of
office.
Cf.
Pastoral
staff.
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..
Faldstool
::
Faldstool
(n.) A
folding
stool,
or
portable
seat, made to fold up in the
manner
of a camo
stool.
It was
formerly
placed
in the choir for a
bishop,
when he
offciated
in any but his own
cathedral
church..
Provincial
::
Provincial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to an
ecclesiastical
province,
or to the
jurisdiction
of an
archbishop;
not
ecumenical;
as, a
provincial
synod..
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..
Elect
::
Elect (a.)
Chosen
to an
office,
but not yet
actually
inducted
into it; as,
bishop
elect;
governor
or mayor
elect..
Bishoped
::
Bishoped
(imp. & p. p.) of
Bisho.
Pope
::
Pope (n.) The
bishop
of Rome, the head of the Roman
Catholic
Church.
See Note under
Cardinal..
Tonsure
::
Tonsure
(n.) The first
ceremony
used for
devoting
a
person
to the
service
of God and the
church;
the first
degree
of the
clericate,
given by a
bishop,
abbot,
or
cardinal
priest,
consisting
in
cutting
off the hair from a
circular
space at the back of the head, with
prayers
and
benedictions;
hence,
entrance
or
admission
into minor
orders..
Translation
::
Translation
(n.) The act of
translating,
removing,
or
transferring;
removal;
also, the state of being
translated
or
removed;
as, the
translation
of
Enoch;
the
translation
of a
bishop..
Bishop''s Cap
::
Bishop's
cap () A plant of the genus
Mitella;
miterwort.
Primacy
::
Primacy
(a.) The
office,
rank, or
character
of a
primate;
the chief
ecclesiastical
station
or
dignity
in a
national
church;
the
office
or
dignity
of an
archbishop;
as, the
primacy
of
England..
Suffraganship
::
Suffragan
(a.) A
bishop
considered
as an
assistant,
or as
subject,
to his
metropolitan;
an
assistant
bishop..
Degradation
::
Degradation
(n.) The act of
reducing
in rank,
character,
or
reputation,
or of
abasing;
a
lowering
from one's
standing
or rank in
office
or
society;
diminution;
as, the
degradation
of a peer, a
knight,
a
general,
or a
bishop..
Confirmation
::
Confirmation
(n.) A rite
supplemental
to
baptism,
by which a
person
is
admitted,
through
the
laying
on of the hands of a
bishop,
to the full
privileges
of the
church,
as in the Roman
Catholic,
the
Episcopal
Church,
etc..
Metropolitan
::
Metropolitan
(n.) An
archbishop.
Bishop
::
Bishop
(n.) An old name for a
woman's
bustle.
Berkeleian
::
Berkeleian
(a.) Of or
relating
to
Bishop
Berkeley
or his
system
of
idealism;
as,
Berkeleian
philosophy..
Episcopal
::
Episcopal
(a.)
Governed
by
bishops;
as, an
episcopal
church..
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