bishoply
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English bisshoply, from Old English biscoplīc (“episcopal”) equivalent to bishop + -ly.
Adjective
[edit]bishoply (comparative more bishoply, superlative most bishoply)
- Like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop
- Synonyms: bishoplike, episcopal
- bishoply power
- bishoply office
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Adverb
[edit]bishoply (comparative more bishoply, superlative most bishoply)
- (rare) In the manner of a bishop.
- 1838 [????], John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Preliminary Dissertation by the Rev. George Townsend, page 177:
- 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.
- 1908, Reginald Farrer, The Dowager of Jerusalem: A Romance in Four Acts, page 23:
- 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.
- 1982 November, Jerry Pournelle, “The Strategy of Technology”, in Stanley Schmidt, editor, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact[1], Davis Publications, page 148:
- “[…] 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.
References
[edit]- “bishoply”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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