bishopess
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bishopess (plural bishopesses)
- A female bishop.
- 2003, Patrick Collinson, Elizabethans:
- Presently there were bishopesses as well as priestesses, splendidly arrayed in chasubles and diadems. These were, from a strictly canonical point of view, the first validly ordained women priests.
- The wife of a bishop.
Translations edit
female bishop
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wife of a bishop
References edit
- “bishopess”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “bishopess”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.