Word Meanings - BISHOP-STOOL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A bishop's seat or see.
Related words: (words related to BISHOP-STOOL)
- BISHOPDOM
Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. "Divine right of bishopdom." Milton. - BISHOPLY
Bishoplike; episcopal. - BISHOP-STOOL
A bishop's seat or see. - BISHOP'S-WEED
An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. Goutweed . - BISHOPLIKE
Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke. - BISHOP'S LENGTH
A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56. - BISHOP
L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. , over + inspector, fr. root of , , to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to 1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the - BISHOPRIC
1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends. 2. The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter. Acts i. 20. - BISHOP'S CAP
A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Longfellow. - BISHOP'S-WORT
Wood betony ; also, the plant called fennel flower , or devil-in-a-bush. - BISHOP SLEEVE
A wide sleeve, once worn by women. - ARCHBISHOP
A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese. - ARCHBISHOPRIC
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority. - UNBISHOP
To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights. "Then he unbishops himself." Milton. - COBISHOP
A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.