unbishopedadj.1
1. Not blessed or confirmed by a bishop.
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unbishopeda970
unconfirmed1565
a970 Canons Edgar c. 15 And we lærað..þæt ænig man to lange unbiscopod ne wurðe.
a1023 Wulfstan Homilies 120 We lærað, þæt man ænigne ne læte unbiscpod [v.r. unbiscopod] to lange.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 156 Alswa..longe beon unbischped. falsliche gan to schrift.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 549 Wnbyschoppyt ȝeit forsuth I trow ȝe be. Ȝour selff sall fyrst his blyssyng tak for me.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. vii. 324 That no man remain unbishoped too long.]
2. Not consecrated as a bishop.
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unbishoped1601
1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 373 Much against his will he died vnbishopped twelue daies after his nomination.
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unbishopedadj.2
Deprived of the status of a bishop.
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unbishoped1563
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1353/1 Shaxton byshop of Salisburye resigned also with him his byshoprick. And so these two remained a great space vnbishopped.
a1612 J. Harington Brief View Church of Eng. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1804) II. 32 Once I thought to have sayd somwhat of Bonner, because I may remember him living in the late Queens tyme unbishopped.
1666 R. South Serm. preached at Lambeth-Chappel 2 I must profess that I cannot look upon Titus as so far Vnbishopt yet, but that he still exhibits to us all the Essentials of that Jurisdiction.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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