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Archiepiscopacy :: Archiepiscopacy (n.) The state or dignity of an archbishop.

Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death..

Adultery :: Adultery (n.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.

Palace :: Palace (n.) The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.

Bishop :: Bishop (v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor..

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer..

Admission :: Admission (n.) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar..

Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.

Deaconess :: Deaconess (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.

Bishop-stool :: Bishop-stool (n.) A bishop's seat or see.

Stool :: Stool (n.) A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.

Episcopal :: Episcopal (a.) Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system..

Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop..

Archiepiscopate :: Archiepiscopate (n.) The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

Bishoplike :: Bishoplike (a.) Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.

Grace :: Grace (n.) The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England..

Province :: Province (n.) A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority..

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish..

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