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bishopess

noun
/bɪʃ.əˈpɛs/

Etymology

From bishop + -ess.

  1. derived from ἐπίσκοπος
  2. derived from biscopus
  3. inherited from *biskop✻
  4. derived from bisċop
  5. inherited from bischop
  6. suffixed as bishopess — “bishop + ess”

Definitions

  1. A female bishop.

    • 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.

  2. The wife of a bishop.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA