bishoply
bishoply adjective: like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop.
Adjective
bishoply (comparative more bishoply, superlative most bishoply)
- Like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop
- bishoply power
- bishoply office
- Synonyms:
- bishoplike, episcopal
Adverb
bishoply (comparative more bishoply, superlative most bishoply)
- In the manner of a bishop.
- And such, for the most part, live naughtily, carnally, fleshly, viciously, pompously, worldly, and not bishoply nor priestly. For they came not in by God, nor by grace.1838 [????], John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Preliminary Dissertation by the Rev. George Townsend, page 177
- You mouthed it roundly - was't your Sunday's discourse? Alas, that you should speak so bishoply! Now hear you me rebut your lordship's sermon, That this our Lady be not so misled / As to believe it truth.1908, Reginald Farrer, The Dowager of Jerusalem: A Romance in Four Acts, page 23
Synonyms of bishoply
Forms of bishoply
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bishoply |
| superlative | most bishoply |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more bishoply |
| superlative | most bishoply |
Origin of bishoply
From Middle English bisshoply, from Old English biscoplīc (“episcopal”) equivalent to bishop + -ly.
From bishop + -ly.
Words formed from bishoply
Questions about bishoply
- What does bishoply mean?
- Bishoply means like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop.
- What part of speech is bishoply?
- Bishoply can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near bishoply in the dictionary
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