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unbishops

unbishops is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 unbishops

What is unbishops the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unbishops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbishop.

Words near unbishops in the dictionary

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

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