bishopn.

Brit.

/ˈbɪʃəp/, U.S.

/ˈbɪʃəp/

Forms: Old English biscop, bisceop, biscep, Middle English biscop, Middle English–1500s bischop, Middle English bisshop, Middle English– bishop. Also Old English biscob, Middle English bishup, bisshup, Middle English biscopp, bisscop, bisskop, Middle English (s.e.) bissop, Middle English byssop, Middle English–1600s bishoppe, Middle English bisschop(e, bisschoppe, bi(s)shope, bi(s)shopp, bi(s)shup, busschop, Middle English byschop, Middle English–1500s bischopp, bisshopp, busshop, bysshop, bishope, bishopp, Middle English–1600s byshop, Middle English bischope, byschope, byschoppe, byschupp, byschyp, buschop(e, Middle English–1500s byschopp, bysshopp, bysshope, bysshoppe, 1500s bischoipp, biszhop, biszhoppe, bushopp(e, byshe-, bys-, bysshopp(e, 1500s–1600s bisshope, bushop, 1600s biship, busschope.

Etymology: Old English biscop (also in North. biscob ), bisceop , biscep , an early adopted word (compare Old Saxon biskop , Middle Dutch bisscop , Dutch bisschop ), Old High German biscof , piscof (Middle High German, modern German bischof ), Old Norse biskup (Swedish biscop , Danish bisp ), < Romanic *biscopo or vulgar Latin (e)biscopus < Latin episcopus , < Greek ἐπίσκοπος overlooker, overseer, < ἐπί on + -σκοπος looking, σκοπός watcher; used in Greek, and to some extent also in Latin, both in the general sense, and as the title of various civil officers; with the rise of Christianity it gradually received a specific sense in the Church, with which it passed into Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic. With the form biscopo , biscobo , which passed into Germanic, compare also Italian vescovo , Old French vesque , Portuguese bispo , Provençal vesque , bisbe . Compare bisp n.

1. A spiritual superintendent or overseer in the Christian Church.

a. Used in the New Testament versions to render the Greek word ἐπίσκοπος, applied to certain officers in early Christian churches, either as a descriptive term, or as their actual title. In Wyclif, the Rhemish, and Revised Versions, the Greek word is so rendered in every instance; but in the other versions from Tyndale to 1611, it is in Acts xx. 28 (where applied to the πρεσβύτεροι or ‘elders’ of Ephesus) rendered ‘overseers.’ Also applied to Christ, as descriptive of his office. (Sometimes applied by those who do not recognize the episcopal order, to their pastor or chief elder, but only as a descriptive term, or as identifying the office with that of the New Testament ‘bishop.’)

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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Peter ii. 25 Ȝe ben conuertid now to the sheperde and bischop of ȝoure soulis [1881 the Shepherd and Bishop (marg. or Overseer) of your souls].

c1383 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 310 Crist veriest bischop of alle.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xx. 28 Al the folk, in which the Hooly Gost sette ȝou bischopis [1526 Tyndale oversears, 1539 Great ouersears, 1560 Geneva Ouersears, 1582 Rheims bishops, 1611 King James ouerseers, 1881 R.V. bishops (margin or overseers)].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Phil. i. 1 Paul & Timotheus..vnto all the sayntes..with the Biszhoppes & mynisters.

1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική vii. 130 The Holy Ghost hath made them Bishops or Over-seers.

1868 J. B. Lightfoot Epist. Philippians 93 It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the Church is called indifferently ‘bishop’ ἐπίσκοπος and ‘elder’ or ‘presbyter’ πρεσβύτερος.

b. spec. In the Eastern, Western, Anglican, and other churches of episcopal order: A member of the clergy consecrated for the spiritual government and direction of a ‘diocese,’ ranking beneath an archbishop (where these exist) and above the priests or presbyters, and deacons. (This is the sense in which the word passed with Christianity into all the Teutonic languages, and thus the earliest sense in English.)bishop in partibus (infidelium): see in partibus adj., in partibus infidelium adj.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun]

bishopc897

patriarcheOE

bispa1300

ordinarya1325

ordinar?1403

father1418

discretion1421

pontificalc1440

diocesanc1450

rocheter1559

monseigneur1561

pope1563

bite-sheep1570

presul1577

rochet1581

diocesser1606

lawn sleevesc1640

episcopant1641

Right Reverend1681

diocesian1686

lawn-man1795

diocesiarch1805

bish1875

shire-bishop1880

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton MS.) 1 Ælfred kyning hateð gretan Wærferð biscep.

1121 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) 984 Her forðferde se halga biscop Aðelwold.

c1175 Cott. Hom. 237 Archebiscopes . and biscopes.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 376 He huld..Byssopes & abbotes to hys wylle echon.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. 417 Bischops..shulden not amersy pore men.

1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 3 The Kyng put oute of the Chauncelerschepp the Bysshope of Excetre.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. sig. b.viij That venemous aspis..the Bisshop of Rome.

c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit. (1728) 32 Former times afforded Cornwall a peculiar Bushop.

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §16. 208 King James of blessed memory said, no Bishop, no King: it was not he, but others that added, No Ceremony, no Bishop.

1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 170 Another Man wears..Lawn Sleeves, and sits in a Purple, Elbow-Chair, to denote that he is a Bishop.

1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. iv. 146 These ministers were at first confined to the three orders of bishops, priests, and deacons.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 529 James lived to furnish the nearest approach to a bishop to be found in the Apostolic age.

†2. transferred. Formerly applied to: A chief priest of any religion; e.g. a chief priest or High Priest of the Jews, a Roman pontiff (‘high’ or ‘principal bishop’ = Pontifex Maximus n. 3), Muslim Caliph, etc. Obsolete.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun]

bishopc893

prelate?c1225

prince of priests?c1225

high priestc1400

pontificala1450

emperor clerkc1475

gentleman untrial1486

dignitya1525

Aaron1565

hierarch1574

presul1577

monsignor1579

church governor1588

pontiff1589

archbishop1600

monseigneur1601

monsignor1611

sheikh1613

protomist1619

Mar1622

hyperochality1637

protarch1654

pontifex1655

prelatical1658

dignitary1672

hierophanta1676

Monsig.1698

ecclesiarch1781

arch-pontiff1790

Mgr1848

Msgr.1868

patriarch-

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. iv. §1 Lucinius Crassus..wæs eac Romana ieldesta biscep.

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xv. 11 Ða biscobas ðonne geegedon ðone ðreat.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1022 Te bisscopp sellf. Wiþþ blod..Þær shollde cumenn.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xv. 11 Forsothe the bischopis stireden the cumpenye of peple, that more he schulde leeue to hem Barabas.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys 49 At that tyme byschop was isakar In the temple.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 75 Now am I sett to kepe..Byshope Iettyr shepe.

1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline xvii. f. 24^v P. Scipio, the hyghe bysshope..slewe Tiberius Gracchus.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 633 The Caliphaes of the Sarasins were kings and chiefe bishops in their religion.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. ix. 437 e The Colledge of the Bishops or Prelates [L. pontificum].

1615 W. Bedwell Arabian Trudgman in tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ sig. N4, at Sultan The Byshop of Egypt is called the Souldan.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 101 Suppositious children, bishops pull'd From the foule lake.

†3. As a literalism of translation:

a. Overlooker, inspector, watchman.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > watcher or look-out

showerOE

tootera1382

waiter1382

night watcha1400

scout-watcha1400

looker-out1562

night-watcher1569

watcher1572

scout1585

bishop1592

speculator1607

lookout1662

speculatory1775

lookout man1787

stagger1859

dog1870

eye1874

1592 L. Andrewes 96 Serm. (1843) v. 516 No pinnacle so high but the devil is a bishop over it, to visit and overlook it.

b. for Latin episcopus in its most common civil sense of: Superintendent or overseer of the public victualling. [Compare Charisius in Roman Digest, ‘Episcopi qui præsunt pani et ceteris venalibus rebus quæ civitatum populis ad quotidianum victum usui sunt.’]

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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food

bishop1808

food controller1915

1808 Monthly Mag. 26 109 They gave away corn, not cash; and Cicero was made bishop, or overseer, of this public victualling.

4. Applied ludicrously to the chief of the company in the ‘Festival of Fools.’ Cf. the Boy Bishop of St. Nicholas Day: Brande Pop. Antiq. I. 232.

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1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iii. 303.

5. One of the pieces in the game of chess, having its upper part carved into the shape of a mitre; formerly called archer, and in still earlier times alfin or aufyn.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > pieces > bishop

alphin1562

bishop1562

prince1562

archer1656

1562 Rowbotham in Archaeol. XXIV. 203 The Bishoppes some name Alphins, some fooles, and some name them Princes; other some call them Archers.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. H1^v Giuing a peece of wood, the reuerend title of a Bishop.

1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco Royall Game Chesse-play 2 A Bishop or Archer, who is commonly figured with his head cloven.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. ii. 275 The alfin was also denominated..with us an archer, and at last a bishop.

a. ‘The little spotted beetle commonly called the Lady-cow or Lady-bird.’ Ray S. & E. Country Wds. 1674.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Coccinellidae > member of (lady-bird)

ladycow1583

golden knop1592

cow-lady1656

ladybird1673

lady-clock1682

lady fly1714

ladybeetle1766

ladybug1787

bishy barnabee1789

coccinella1815

soldier1848

Judycow1855

bishop1875

coccinellid1887

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (at cited word) ‘Bishop, Bishop-Barnabee, Tell me when my wedding shall be; If it be to-morrow day, Ope your wings and fly away.

b. = bishop-bird n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Guplectes (bishop-bird)

sakabula1877

bishop-bird1884

red bishop1884

king of six1913

bishop1934

1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1953 D. A. Bannerman Birds West & Equatorial Afr. II. 1415 When not breeding the Fire-crowned Bishops go about in small flocks.

†7. (See quot. 1611) Obsolete.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > part of flame

bishop1611

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Fungo..that firy round in a burning candle called the Bishop.

8. A sweet drink variously compounded, the chief ingredients being wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > drinks made with wine > [noun] > mulled wine

mulwine1607

bishopa1745

pope1855

glühwein1898

mull1925

glögg1927

a1745 J. Swift Women who cry Apples in Wks. (1746) VIII. 192 Well roasted, with Sugar and Wine in a Cup, They'll make a sweet Bishop.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1752 I. 135 A bowl of that liquor called Bishop, which Johnson had always liked.

1801 S. T. Coleridge Poems II. 169 Spicy bishop, drink divine.

1834 T. Campbell Life Mrs. Siddons II. viii. 191 Unacquainted with the language of taverns, Miss Burney made her King exclaim, in an early scene, ‘Bring in the Bishop!’ and the summons filled the audience with as much hilarity as if they had drank of the exhilarating liquor.

9. Articles of attire:

a. A bustle. U.S.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > contrivance for expanding skirts > bustle, pads, or cushion

bum roll1602

roll1602

Scotch bum1607

Scotch fall1607

rump roll1707

rump1710

bustle1786

bustler1787

cushion1806

dress improver1842

improver1844

bishopa1860

tournure1872

a1860 The Bustle I sing the bishop, alias the bustle.

a1860 J. G. Saxe Progress If, by her bishop, or her ‘grace’ alone, A genuine lady or a church is known.

b. A smock or all-round pinafore worn by children. northern dialect.

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1874 E. Waugh in Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) Here; tak him, an wesh him; an' put him a clen bishop on.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

bishop-coadjutor n.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > coadjutor

coadjutor1549

co-bishop1726

coadjutator1881

bishop-coadjutor1883

1883 Manch. Guardian 18 Oct. 4/6 The representative clergy and laity..assembled in conference..under the presidency of Bishop-coadjutor Ryan.

bishop-commissioner n.

bishop-seat n.

bishop-see n.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > see of

bishopricc890

shirec893

richeOE

bishopstoolc1065

siege1297

bishop-see1330

diocesec1330

seata1387

see?a1400

eveschiec1475

bishopwick1570

chair1615

parish1709

episcopate1807

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 248 Þe olde chartres & titles..Of ilk a bisshopse & ilk a priourie.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico i. 18 He appointed fourteen Cities..for Bishops-sees.

C2.

bishop-bird n. any of various African weaver-birds the males of which have scarlet, orange or black plumage during the breeding-season.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Guplectes (bishop-bird)

sakabula1877

bishop-bird1884

red bishop1884

king of six1913

bishop1934

1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. 462 Pyromelana Oryx (Linn.). Red Bishop Bird.

1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. 463 We have not thought it necessary to separate these two Bishop Birds specifically.

1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. 463 Pyromelana Capensis, Linn. Black and Yellow Bishop Bird.

1931 R. C. Bolster Land & Sea Birds S.-W. Cape 133 The Bishop Birds are also known as ‘Kaffir Finks’.

bishop-designate n. (also bishop-designed) (see quot.).

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > bishop-elect

lite1497

bishop-designate1751

bishop-elect1845

1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Suppl. Bishop-designed (designatus) denoted a coadjutor of a bishop, who in virtue of his office is to succeed at the incumbent's death.

1883 Freeman in Longman's Mag. II. 488 The Bishop Designate is one who has simply received a letter from the Prime Minister, which as yet makes no difference whatever in his actual legal or ecclesiastical position.

bishop-elect n. a bishop elected, but not yet consecrated.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > bishop-elect

lite1497

bishop-designate1751

bishop-elect1845

1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (1858) I. ii. 86 The two bishops-elect gave satisfaction.

Bishops' Bible n. the version of the Bible published in 1568 under the direction of Abp. Parker.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > edition > [noun] > Bishops'

Bishops' Bible1835

1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 375/1 The instructions..were, that they should adhere to the Bishops' Bible.

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bishop's court n. an ecclesiastical court held in the cathedral of a diocese.

bishop sleeve n. (also bishop's sleeve) a sleeve in a woman's dress made full and gathered in at the wrist like the lawn sleeves of an Anglican bishop.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > arm > types of

poke1402

foresleeve1538

long sleeve1538

lumbard1542

puller out1543

maunch1550

hand sleeve1585

French sleeve1592

poke sleeve1592

puff1601

trunk sleeve1603

stock-sleeve1611

hoop-sleeve1614

puff sleevec1632

short sleeve1639

hanging sleeve1659

engageants1690

jockey-sleeve1692

pudding-sleeve1704

Amadis1814

gigot1824

leg of mutton1824

bishop sleeve1829

mutton-leg sleeve1830

balloon sleeve1837

gigot-sleeve1837

bag-sleeve1844

pagoda sleeve1850

mameluke sleeve1853

angel sleeve1859

elbow-sleeve1875

sling-sleeve1888

sleevelet1889

pagoda1890

bell-sleeve1892

kimono sleeve1919–20

dolman1934

1829 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 26 Sept. 205/2 The mistress..conceived the idea of bishops' sleeves, an article of dress which precludes all hope..of imitation in the kitchen.

1846 D. Corcoran Pickings 56 Instead of making the sleeves tight they are the old fashioned bishop sleeves.

1861 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 3 69/1. 1. A bishop sleeve, with a narrow wristband. 2. A bishop sleeve, the fulness gathered in to a band the length of the arm, this band being shown on the upper part of the sleeve.

1894 Daily News 22 June 6/6 The bishop sleeves were gathered into a wide cuff.

1958 Vogue Sept. 109 The bishop sleeves are a widely-seen revival.

bishop's length n. Painting a certain size of canvas.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > surface for painting or drawing > canvas

toile?1578

cloth1695

canvas1705

bishop's lengthc1870

pata1948

c1870 Winsor & Newton's Advt. Bishop's ½ length, 4 ft. 8 in. by 3 ft. 8 in.; whole length, 7 ft. 10 in. by 4 ft. 10 in.

C3. Plant-names:

bishop-leaves n. Water Figwort ( Scrophularia aquatica).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > figwort and allies

brownwortc1000

scrophularyc1400

water betonyc1400

bishop-leaves1597

fig-wort1597

kernel-wort1597

pilewort1640

scrophularia1663

water figwort1670

rose noble1808

snake's head1834

salpiglossid1846

salt-rheum weed1846

Cornish money-wort1848

turtle-head1857

scrophulariad1866

fiddlewood1878–86

stinking Christopher1878

stinkwort1890

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 579 Called..in English..Water Betonie: in Yorkshire Bishop leaues.

bishop's-cap n. the genus Mitella or Mitre-wort.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun]

sengreenc1000

wayworta1300

saxifragec1440

stonebreak1548

grass of Parnassus1578

mountain pennywort1578

white liverwort1597

breakstone1688

Parnassia1727

mitella1731

lady's cushion1739

tiarella1759

American bastard sanicle1760

sanicle1760

mitrewort1771

queen's cushion1825

bishop's-cap1839

astilbe1843

coolwort1848

mitrewort1848

rodgersia1874

chrysosplene1877

rockfoil1879

old man's beard1882

foam flower1895

Indian rhubarb1897

mossy1938

piggyback plant1946

heucherella1949

1839 H. W. Longfellow Voices of Night Prel. viii When..Bishops-caps have golden rings.

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bishop's elder n. = bishop-weed n.

bishop's-hat n. Epimedium alpinum.

bishop plover n. in U.S., the ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres.

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1890 Cent. Dict. at Plover Bishop plover.

bishop-weed n. (also bishop's weed) a name for the genus ammi n.; also Ægopodium.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed

wood-whistlea1400

ammi1551

toothpick chervil1578

ammeos1585

herb William1597

bull-wort1598

toothpick1598

bishop-weed1614

picktooth1706

toothpick bishop-weed1866

bishop's elder-

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i Table, Ameos, Comin royal, is a Herb of some called Bulwort, Bishops-weed, or Herb-william.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 26 Order Umbelliferæ..(Common Gout-weed, or Bishop's-weed.)

bishop wort n. (also bishop's wort) Wood Betony, Stachys betonica; also Devil-in-a-bush, Nigella damascena.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > betony

bishop wortc1000

betonya1275

vetony?a1400

wood betony1657

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers

githa1382

nigellaa1398

gollana1400

pilewort?a1425

gold-knop1538

fig-wort1548

lucken gowan1548

melanthion1559

gold crap1571

bachelor's buttons1578

celandine1578

gold cup1578

Goldilocks1578

nigel1578

nigelweed1578

troll flower1578

peppergrass1587

golden cup1589

globe crowfoot1597

globeflower1597

winter aconite1597

kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664

devil-in-a-bush1722

globe ranunculus1731

turban1760

love-in-a-mist1787

love-in-a-puzzle1824

fair-grass1825

water buttercup1831

golden knobs1835

ficary1848

New Year's gift1856

bishop wort1863

fennel-flower1863

golden ball1875

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 2 Betonica þæt is biscopwyrt.

c1450 Roy. MS. 18 A. vi. f. 68, in Promptorium Parvulorum 34 (note) [Betony] also clepyd byschuppyswort.

1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 23 Bishop's-wort..is now..applied to the Devil-in-a-Bush.

Derivatives

ˈbishopful adj. (cf. masterful adj., worshipful adj.).

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1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 116 O ye, His chosen servants, in bishopful array.

† ˈbishopist n. Obsolete an adherent of episcopacy.

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society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [noun] > supporter of

bishopist1590

prelatist1641

cathedralist1644

episcoparian1649

episcopal1709

episcopalian1738

1590 J. Davidson Reply to Bancroft in Wodrow Soc. Misc. 516 This sort of the generation of Bishopists.

bishopless adj. without bishops; (also) lacking a bishop.

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a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 11 Landaff..lay Bishopless for three years.

1838 Fraser's Mag. 18 546 The doctor was totally ignorant of this custom, ours being a bishopless land.

1909 G. T. S. Farquhar Three Bishops of Dunkeld I. xiii. 142 During this the darkest period of all there were no Ordinations for the Diocese. There was, however, one for Bishopless Edinburgh.

bishoplet n.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > petty bishop

bishoplet1878

1878 All Year Round 9 Nov. 449 What a bishoplet it must have been that presided there.

bishopling n. a little or petty bishop.

bishopship n. the office or dignity of a bishop.

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1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Mi/2 Byshopship.., episcopatus.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 12 The superiority of Bishopship.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. vii. 53 The abolition of Most-Christian Kingship and Most-Talleyrand Bishopship.

† bishopwick n. Obsolete = bishopric n.

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