单词 | bite-sheep |
释义 | † bite-sheepn. Obs. A once-favourite pun upon bishop, as if = One who bites the sheep which he ought to feed. Also attrib. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] bishopc897 patriarcheOE bispa1300 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). < n.1570 |
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