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episcopophobia

episcopophobia noun: fear or hatred of bishops.

Noun

episcopophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear or hatred of bishops.
    • Hall and "Smectymnuus," and Hall and Milton, were writing against each other in the year of the most ferocious episcopophobia which the Church has ever or anywhere experienced; a few months after the issue of Milton's pamphlet, Bishop Hall and his fellow-prelates were hurried by order of the savage...1890, The Newbery House Magazine, page 132

Origin of episcopophobia

From Latin episcopus (“bishop”), Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “bishop”) + -phobia.

Questions about episcopophobia

What does episcopophobia mean?
Episcopophobia means fear or hatred of bishops.
What part of speech is episcopophobia?
Episcopophobia is a noun.

Words near episcopophobia in the dictionary

  1. episcopize
  2. episcopized
  3. episcopizes
  4. episcopizing
  5. episcopolatry
  6. episcopophobia
  7. episcopy
  8. episcotister
  9. episcotisters
  10. episelenide
  11. episelenides

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