bishoplyadj.
Episcopal.
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bishoplyc890
mitredc1400
hornedc1425
pontificalc1440
episcopal1485
bishoplike1544
rocheted?1544
rochet1561
pontificial1591
pontifician1618
lawny1647
episcopalian1822
c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. v. xviii. (Bosw.) Ðæt biscoplíce líf.
c1475 Found. St. Barthol. Ch. (1886) i. vii. 55 Bysshoply auctoryte.
1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. B Let him treate on byshoplye dutyes and orders.
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. iv, in Wks. (1662) 8 The same kind of Bishoply power.
1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 88 I never liked the bishoply injunctions.
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