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bishoplike, a., adv.|ˈbɪʃəplaɪk|
[see -like.]
A. adj. Like a bishop; formerly, of or pertaining to a bishop, episcopal.
[c890: see bishoply.] 1544Suppl. Hen. VIII, 28 This..worldely byshoplike estate. 1584Fenner Def. Ministers (1587) 73 Bishoplike iurisdiction. 1641Prynne Antip. 260 A Bishop like application. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. vii. 114 The new prelate did nothing bishoplike.
B. adv. After the manner of a bishop.
c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII, (1878) 115 He did full well and bishoplike. 1621P. Baynes Dioces. Tryall Pref. 3 Telling him very bishoplike, that it were a good turn to lay him by the heels for so doing. |