unbishop

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verb

To deprive (e.g. a city etc.) of a bishop.

OriginMiddle English *unbishopen →
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Meanings

verbunbishop (third-person singular simple present unbishops, present participle unbishoping or unbishopping, simple past and past participle unbishoped or unbishopped)

present singular third person unbishops · participle present unbishoping · participle present unbishopping · participle past unbishoped · past unbishoped · participle past unbishopped · past unbishopped

  1. transitiveTo deprive (e.g. a city etc.) of a bishop.
  2. transitiveTo 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

  1. Middle English*unbishopen
  2. Englishunbishop

From Middle English *unbishopen (suggested by past participle unbishoped, unbisschoped), equivalent to un- + bishop.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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