| 单词 | flying bishop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflying bishop flying bishop n. Anglican Church colloquial (originally in the U.K.) a bishop who is authorized to minister to clergy and congregations outside his own diocese who share his views on a matter of major doctrinal or ethical significance (esp. opposition to the ordination of women priests) and who on these grounds either do not recognize the authority of or do not wish to be ministered to by their diocesan bishop. ΚΠ 1993 Daily Mail 5 Jan. 18/2 The move would mean traditionalists and liberals in the same parish being supervised by different bishops—some answering to the flying bishop and the rest to the official bishop in his diocesan palace. 2001 Times 8 June i. 9/7 The Church's 113 bishops are made up of 44 diocesan bishops, 36 area bishops, 30 suffragans and three ‘flying bishops’ who care for the opponents of women priests. 2002 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Nexis) 17 Aug. a17 Priests at eight Greater Vancouver parishes who fervently oppose same-sex blessings are..pressing to work under the authority of a so-called ‘flying bishop’. < as lemmas |
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