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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..

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

Faldistory :: Faldistory (n.) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.

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..

Bishopric :: Bishopric (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

Bishop-stool :: Bishop-stool (n.) A bishop's seat or see.

Chimere :: Chimere (n.) The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached..

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.

Cathedral :: Cathedral (n.) The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne..

Archierey :: Archierey (n.) The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops..

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..

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director..

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..

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..

Bishop :: Bishop (v. t.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth..

Vidame :: Vidame (n.) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles..

Bishoplike :: Bishoplike (a.) Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.

Lordship :: Lordship (n.) The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc..

Enthronize :: Enthronize (v. t.) To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop..

Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod..

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