BISHOP
NOUNS
1435 — PONTIFICALS the robes of a bishop or priest
1533 — PONTIFICALIBUS the vestments and insignia of a bishop, cardinal, or abbot → colloq.
1577 — PONTIFICALIA the vestments and insignia of a bishop, cardinal, or abbot
NOUNS, PERSON
1300 — BISP a bishop → obs.
1440 — PONTIFICAL a bishop or other church dignitary → obs.
1570 — BITE-SHEEP a once-favourite pun upon ‘bishop’, as if = one who bites the sheep which he ought to feed → obs.
1592 — PONTIFEX a bishop, esp. the Pope
1610 — PONTIFEX MAXIMUS the head of a college of bishops; the Pope
1611 — ABBA FATHER a bishop in the Syriac and Coptic Churches
1640 — LAWN-SLEEVES a bishop
1664 — MAGPIE an Anglican bishop, from the black chimere and white rochet forming his ordinary ceremonial attire → obs., derisive usage
1672 — BISHOPESS the wife of a bishop
1795 — LAWN-MAN a bishop → obs., derisive usage
.M19 — PAIR OF LAWN SLEEVES a bishop → sl.
1852 — GIG-BISHOP a bishop who rides in a gig instead of a carriage
1853 — BISHOPESS a female bishop
1875 — BISH a bishop; a chaplain → humorous usage
1878 — BISHOPLET a little or petty bishop
1888 — BISHOPLING a little or petty bishop (Bk.)
..L19 — GAITERS a bishop; a dean → sl.
..L19 — SILK a bishop → ecclesiastical usage
1912 — APRON AND GAITERS a bishop → Eng. sl.
VERBS
1818 — PONTIFICATE to perform the functions of a pontiff or other bishop
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