bishoply

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English bisshoply, from Old English biscoplīc (“episcopal”) equivalent to bishop +‎ -ly.

Adjective edit

bishoply (comparative more bishoply, superlative most bishoply)

Like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop; bishoplike; episcopal.

Translations edit

Translations

Polish: biskupi (pl)

Etymology 2 edit

From bishop +‎ -ly.

Adverb edit

bishoply (comparative more bishoply, superlative most bishoply)

In the manner of a bishop. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bishoply”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)