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Admission :: Admission (n.) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.

Episcopize :: Episcopize (v. i.) To perform the duties of a bishop.

Paulianist :: Paulianist (n.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ..

Bishopdom :: Bishopdom (n.) Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate.

Eusebian :: Eusebian (n.) A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius..

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

Apollinarian :: Apollinarian (n.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ..

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..

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) An archbishop.

Archiepiscopacy :: Archiepiscopacy (n.) That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.

Episcopate :: Episcopate (n.) A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

Crociary :: Crociary (n.) One who carries the cross before an archbishop.

Archbishop :: Archbishop (n.) A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese..

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..

Berkeleian :: Berkeleian (a.) Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy..

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.

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..

Bishoply :: Bishoply (a.) Bishoplike; episcopal.

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..

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