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

See :: See (n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome..

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..

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.

Throne :: Throne (n.) A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary..

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..

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..

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

Ordinal :: Ordinal (n.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons..

Stool :: Stool (n.) A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.

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

Diocesan :: Diocesan (n.) A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York..

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

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

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

Verger :: Verger (n.) An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc..

Archiepiscopal :: Archiepiscopal (a.) Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see..

Commendatory :: Commendatory (a.) Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop..

Episcopant :: Episcopant (n.) A bishop.

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