bishopess

bishopess

(ˈbɪʃəpˌɛs)
n
1. a bishop's wife
2. informal a female bishop
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The Bishopess of Ealing was shocked beyond expression; the Bishop went and wrote his name down in the visiting- book at Gaunt House that very day.
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A bishopess, therefore, is severely dealt with in Victoria.
William Lind's way of war: meet the field marshal of military reform and cultural conservatism
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