bishopess

English

Etymology

From bishop +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪʃ.əˈpɛs/

Noun

bishopess (plural bishopesses)

1. A female bishop.
   • 2003, Patrick Collinson, Elizabethans:

     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.

2. The wife of a bishop.

Translations

female bishop

• Breton: eskobez f
• Catalan: bisbessa (ca) f
• Czech: biskupka f
• Esperanto: episkopino
• French: évêchesse (fr) f
• German: Bischöfin (de) f
• Italian: vescova f, vescovessa f
• Portuguese: bispa (pt) f, episcopisa f
• Romanian: episcopă f
• Russian: епи́скопесса f (jepískopessa)
• Spanish: obispa (es) f

wife of a bishop

• Esperanto: episkopedzino
• Finnish: piispatar
• French: évêchesse (fr) f
• German: Bischöfin (de) f

References

• “bishopess”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “bishopess”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.