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unbishop

unbishop verb: to deprive (e.g. a city etc.) of a bishop.

Verb

unbishop (third-person singular simple present unbishops, present participle unbishoping or unbishopping, simple past and past participle unbishoped or unbishopped)

  1. (transitive) To deprive (e.g. a city etc.) of a bishop.
  2. (transitive) To deprive (a clergyman) of episcopal dignity or rights.
    • Then he unbishops himself.1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC

Forms of unbishop

third-person singular presentunbishops
present participleunbishoping
present participleunbishopping
past participleunbishoped
pastunbishoped
past participleunbishopped
pastunbishopped

Origin of unbishop

From Middle English *unbishopen (suggested by past participle unbishoped, unbisschoped), equivalent to un- + bishop.

Questions about unbishop

What does unbishop mean?
Unbishop means to deprive (e.g. a city etc.) of a bishop.
What part of speech is unbishop?
Unbishop is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbishop?
The past tense of unbishop is unbishoped.

Words near unbishop in the dictionary

  1. unbirthed
  2. unbirthing
  3. unbirthings
  4. unbirths
  5. unbiseptium
  6. unbishop
  7. unbishoped
  8. unbishoping
  9. unbishoply
  10. unbishops
  11. unbisulfited

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