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bishoply en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English bisshoply, from Old English biscoplīc (“episcopal”) equivalent to bishop + -ly.

Meanings

1. Like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop
   • bishoply office
   • bishoply power

Forms

Deriveds

unbishoply

Synonyms

bishoplike · episcopal

Translations (1)

pl biskupi (Translations)

bishoply en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

From bishop + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) In the manner of a bishop.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • “[…] 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:

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