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bishop
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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches (Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic) to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ
Used in print (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)The Bishop looked at him coldly and said `` Take it or leave it '' ! (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)For an instant John longed for the sound of the bells of Noyon-la-Sainte , the touch of his mother 's hand , the lilt of Charles 's voice in the square raftered rooms , his father 's bass tones rumbling to the canons , and the sight of the beloved bishop . Peter_Caroli had come to Geneva , saying that he had been a bishop of the Church_of_Rome and had been persecuted in Paris for his Reformed faith . But Michael_Sept had unmasked him , revealing he had never been a bishop , but was an Anabaptist , afraid to state his faith , because he knew John_Calvin had written a book against their belief that the soul slept after death . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Fosterite bishops , after secret conclave , announced the Church 's second Major_Miracle : Supreme_Bishop_Digby had been translated bodily to Heaven and spot-promoted to Archangel , ranking with-but-after Archangel_Foster . |
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[ noun ] (food) port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 217
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