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unbishoping

unbishoping is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about unbishoping

What is unbishoping the present participle and gerund of?
Unbishoping is the present participle and gerund of unbishop.

Words near unbishoping in the dictionary

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

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