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单词 bite-sheep
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bite-sheepn.

Forms: 1500s bitesheepe, byteschiep, 1600s bite-shappe, 1500s–1600s bite-sheep.
Etymology: < bite v. + sheep n. Compare German beiszschaf, beischaf.
Obs.
A once-favourite pun upon bishop, as if = One who bites the sheep which he ought to feed. Also attrib.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun]
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ordinarya1325
ordinar?1403
father1418
discretion1421
pontificalc1440
diocesanc1450
rocheter1559
monseigneur1561
pope1563
bite-sheep1570
presul1577
rochet1581
diocesser1606
lawn sleevesc1640
episcopant1641
Right Reverend1681
diocesian1686
lawn-man1795
diocesiarch1805
bish1875
shire-bishop1880
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1395/2 Ye are become rather Bitesheepes then true Bishops.
c1575 Leg. Bp. St. Androis (Dalyell) II. 313 Then to the court this craftie lown, To be a byteschiep maid him boun.
1683 J. Barnard Theologo-historicus 184 Your Bishops are bite-Sheep, Your Deans are Dunces.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2011).
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