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unbishoped

unbishoped is the simple past and past participle of unbishop.

Meaning of unbishop

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

Origin of unbishoped

From Middle English unbishoped, unbisschoped, equivalent to un- + bishoped.

Questions about unbishoped

What is unbishoped the simple past and past participle of?
Unbishoped is the simple past and past participle of unbishop.

Words near unbishoped in the dictionary

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

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