bishopessn.

Brit.

/bɪʃəˈpɛs/,

/ˈbɪʃəpᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈbɪʃəpəs/

Etymology: < bishop n. + -ess suffix¹.

1. The wife of a bishop. (Only a nonce-word.)

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > wife of one in specific occupation > specific

doctoress1622

generaless1646

tradeswomana1652

bishopess1699

doctress1748

vicaress1770

parsoness1784

farm wife1831

farmeress1833

old Dutcha1889

rebbetzin1892

owneress1923

faculty wife1962

1699 T. Comber Disc. Consecrating 211 The Councils of that Age call their Wives by the name of (Episcopa) the Bishopess.

1748 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 489 We..found the bishop and his bishopess very well.

1885 Q. Rev. July 184 (note) Sophia did not take the title of Bishopess or even Princess of Osnabruck.

2. A female- or she-bishop. (Here used jestingly.)

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > female bishop

bishopess1853

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. iii. 30 I enclose you a rude scrap representing the bishopess of Clapham.

1880 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 149 Can you conceive such a thing as the notion of a bishopess?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bishopess
释义	bishopessn. Brit. /bɪʃəˈpɛs/, /ˈbɪʃəpᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbɪʃəpəs/ Etymology: < bishop n. + -ess suffix¹. 1. The wife of a bishop. (Only a nonce-word.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > wife of one in specific occupation > specific doctoress1622 generaless1646 tradeswomana1652 bishopess1699 doctress1748 vicaress1770 parsoness1784 farm wife1831 farmeress1833 old Dutcha1889 rebbetzin1892 owneress1923 faculty wife1962 1699 T. Comber Disc. Consecrating 211 The Councils of that Age call their Wives by the name of (Episcopa) the Bishopess. 1748 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 489 We..found the bishop and his bishopess very well. 1885 Q. Rev. July 184 (note) Sophia did not take the title of Bishopess or even Princess of Osnabruck. 2. A female- or she-bishop. (Here used jestingly.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > female bishop bishopess1853 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. iii. 30 I enclose you a rude scrap representing the bishopess of Clapham. 1880 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 149 Can you conceive such a thing as the notion of a bishopess? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1699
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