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episcopicide

episcopicide noun: the killing of a bishop.

Noun

episcopicide

  1. The killing of a bishop.
    • Each year on the anniversary, Henry is whipped in public by monks to cleanse him of the curse of this episcopicide.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 73

Origin of episcopicide

From Latin episcopus + -cide.

Questions about episcopicide

What does episcopicide mean?
Episcopicide means the killing of a bishop.
What part of speech is episcopicide?
Episcopicide is a noun.

Words near episcopicide in the dictionary

  1. episcopates
  2. episcopating
  3. episcope
  4. episcopes
  5. episcopic
  6. episcopicide
  7. episcopies
  8. episcopise
  9. episcopised
  10. episcopises
  11. episcopising

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