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Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) An archbishop.

Episcopate :: Episcopate (n.) The time of a bishop's rule.

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..

Metropolitanate :: Metropolitanate (n.) The see of a metropolitan bishop.

Bishop''s-weed :: Bishop's-weed (n.) Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria).

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch..

Abbot :: Abbot (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

Bishop''s Cap :: Bishop's cap () A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort.

Luciferian :: Luciferian (n.) One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians..

Episcopal :: Episcopal (a.) Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church..

Deaconess :: Deaconess (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.

Betroth :: Betroth (v. t.) To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration..

Episcopicide :: Episcopicide (n.) The killing of a bishop.

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..

Archiepiscopacy :: Archiepiscopacy (n.) The state or dignity of an archbishop.

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..

Bishop''s Length :: Bishop's length () A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.

Fanon :: Fanon (n.) A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple..

Commendam :: Commendam (n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.

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