bishopess

B3I1S1H4O1P3E1S1S1
/bɪʃ.əˈpɛs/

noun

A female bishop.

Scrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbishopess (plural bishopesses)

plural bishopesses

  1. A female bishop.

    Presently there were bishopesses as well as priestesses, splendidly arrayed in chasubles and diadems. These were, from a strictly canonical point of view, the first validly ordained women priests.

    2003, Patrick Collinson, Elizabethans
  2. The wife of a bishop.

Origin

From bishop + -ess.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan bisbessa
  • bisbessafemale bishop
Czech biskupka
  • biskupkafemale bishop
Esperanto episkopino, episkopedzino
  • episkopinofemale bishop
  • episkopedzinowife of a bishop
Finnish piispatar
  • piispatarwife of a bishop
French évêchesse, évêchesse
  • évêchessefemale bishop
  • évêchessewife of a bishop
German Bischöfin, Bischöfin
  • Bischöfinfemale bishop
  • Bischöfinwife of a bishop
Italian vescova, vescovessa
  • vescovafemale bishop
  • vescovessafemale bishop
Portuguese bispa, episcopisa
  • bispafemale bishop
  • episcopisafemale bishop
Romanian episcopă
  • episcopăfemale bishop
Russian епи́скопесса
  • епи́скопесса (jepískopessa)female bishop
Spanish obispa
  • obispafemale bishop
Thai มุขนายิกา, บิชอปเปส
  • มุขนายิกาfemale bishop
  • บิชอปเปสfemale bishop
Cite this entry
APA

bishopess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bishopess

MLA

“bishopess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bishopess. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bishopess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bishopess.

Source: bishopess on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.