Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of a bishop.
  • Bishoplike; episcopal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Bishoplike; episcopal.
  • adverb obsolete In the manner of a bishop.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective In the manner of a bishop.
  • adverb In the manner of a bishop.

Etymologies

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bishop +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But, it's his many unloving, unmerciful and very unbishop-like things he has written about … how lay-people must conduct themselves in his so-called bishoply endeavors … which stand out most to this Catholic, underlining his lack of clarity and lack of charity, equally so … including his unjustifiable screed toward other classes of people, other religious groups, including Jews.

    The Moderate Voice 2009

  • But, it's his many unloving, unmerciful and very unbishop-like things he has written about … how lay-people must conduct themselves in his so-called bishoply endeavors … which stand out most to this Catholic, underlining his lack of clarity and lack of charity, equally so … including his unjustifiable screed toward other classes of people, other religious groups, including Jews.

    The Moderate Voice 2009

  • By the way, Richard Rutt was made a Cornish Bard (for his bishoply work) at the same time as my Mother was.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • Some people were really not very keen on this idea and had appealed for a new category of bishop - the "super bishop" - to be created for those who would not be able to face dealing with a woman when seeking, at the risk of coining a new word, bishoply services.

    New Humanist Blog 2009

  • Some people were really not very keen on this idea and had appealed for a new category of bishop - the "super bishop" - to be created for those who would not be able to face dealing with a woman when seeking, at the risk of coining a new word, bishoply services.

    New Humanist Blog 2009

  • Biog. ", xxiv, 339; xliv, 143)" bishoply power in the court of conscience ", to receive back those who had lapsed into heresy

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

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