unbishopv.
1. transitive. To deprive of the office of bishop.
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Smetriare, to vnmytre, to vnbishop, to degrade from a mytre.
1628 R. Montagu in J. Cosin Corr. 23 Nov. (1869) I. lxxxv. 153 You in the north, I in the south, are the object of toungs and penns, and I must be unbishop't a geyne.
1657 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxi. 30 The one died ere he came home, and the other was unbishoped.
1691 S. Grascome Reply Vindic. Disc. New Separation 11/2 It was in their power to take away our Orders, and Unpriest and Unbishop us.
2. To deprive (a place) of a bishop. rare.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > appoint as bishop [verb (transitive)] > deprive of bishop
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a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Glouc. 368 Some questioned its Charter, and would have had it Un-Citied, because Un-Bishoped in our Civil Wars.
Derivatives
unˈbishoping n. (also unˈbishopping)
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1636 Prynne (title) The Vnbishoping of Timothy and Titvs.
1641 Lords Spiritual 7 That this un-bishoping intends onely the losse of his Barony and place in Parliament.
1711–2 W. Bates Acct. Life P. Henry vii, in Wks. (1853) II. 691/2 Much was said, pro and con, touching..the bishoping and unbishoping of Timothy and Titus [etc.].
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