bishoply

comparative more bishoply · superlative most bishoply

1. Like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop

   bishoply power

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   bishoply office

   Synonyms: bishoplike, episcopal

comparative more bishoply · superlative most bishoply

1. rareIn the manner of a bishop.

   And such, for the most part, live naughtily, carnally, fleshly, viciously, pompously, worldly, and not bishoply nor priestly. For they came not in by God, nor by grace.

   1838 [????], John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Preliminary Dissertation by the Rev. George Townsend, page 177

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   You mouthed it roundly - was't your Sunday's discourse? Alas, that you should speak so bishoply! Now hear you me rebut your lordship's sermon, That this our Lady be not so misled / As to believe it truth.

   1908, Reginald Farrer, The Dowager of Jerusalem: A Romance in Four Acts, page 23

   “[…] You may have a second tour covering another thirty-six planets. Of course, this is entirely a charitable gift and the Railroad admits no responsibility.” / “Ummm, I understand; I am a true son of Holy Father Church and do not concern myself with the secular details of the settlement,” I said bishoply.

   1982 November, Jerry Pournelle, “The Strategy of Technology”, in Stanley Schmidt, editor, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Davis Publications, page 148