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bishoplike

bishoplike adjective: resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.

Adjective

bishoplike (comparative more bishoplike, superlative most bishoplike)

  1. Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
    • Peter did excel the other Apostles in bishoplike authority1580, William Fulke, Stapleton's Fortress Overthrown

Forms of bishoplike

comparativemore bishoplike
superlativemost bishoplike

Origin of bishoplike

From bishop + -like.

Questions about bishoplike

What does bishoplike mean?
Bishoplike means resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
What part of speech is bishoplike?
Bishoplike is an adjective.

Words near bishoplike in the dictionary

  1. bishophood
  2. bishoping
  3. bishopless
  4. bishoplet
  5. bishoplets
  6. bishoplike
  7. bishopling
  8. bishoplings
  9. bishoply
  10. bishopped
  11. bishopping

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