bishop

noun

Definition of bishopnext
as in archbishop

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Recent Examples of bishop The bishops enlist charities, including Catholic Charities, to carry out these operations. — Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025 From 2000-2010, Re was prefect of the Vatican’s congregation for bishops, one of the most powerful and influential positions in the Holy See. — Trisha Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 To that liturgical point, the headgear is a magnificent melange of an Uzbek Karakul cap, an Eastern Orthodox bishop’s flat-topped mitre, and some ancient Persian polo headgear. — Guy Martin, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 In 2007, Farrell was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Dallas. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bishop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bishop
  1. archbishop
  2. pope
  3. abbot
  4. diocesan
  5. dean
  6. presbyter
  7. prelate
  8. pastor
Noun
  • Religious sisters join them, wearing a variety of habits that signal their order, as well as bishops and archbishops.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Special prayer services are being conducted around the world, including Argentina, where the pope was born and served as an archbishop before his ascension to the papacy.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of archbishop
Noun
  • Francis left the hospital on March 23 after 38 days in hospital, the longest of his four stays since his election as pope 12 years ago.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
  • In February, the palace said Charles and his wife Queen Camilla would travel to Rome in April for the couple to meet the 88-year-old pope, but days later Francis was taken to hospital with a severe respiratory infection.
    — USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of pope
Noun
  • Among the film’s interviewees are two former nuns at the school and the abbot who supervised several of the priests accused of rape and murder.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
  • King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.
    — Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of abbot
Noun
  • The diocesan website includes a statement from Dallas Bishop Edward Burns connecting the need for social distancing with the story of the Good Samaritan.
    — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
  • In the Catholic Church, this is generally a time of the year when dioceses ask their members to donate to annual bishops’ Lenten appeals, which fund diocesan operations.
    — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2020
Definition of diocesan
Noun
  • At Indiana University, Fred worked for the dean of economics to earn his way through school.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • When she was named dean of the University of Tulsa’s business school in 2021, Taylor put her varied background to work launching entrepreneurship initiatives for Cherokee woman.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of dean
Noun
  • This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.
    — Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.
    — Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2017
Definition of presbyter
Noun
  • At the time of the bishops’ appeal, Lai had been imprisoned in solitary confinement for almost 1,000 days, and the prelates were polite ...
    — George Weigel, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Francis delegated a Vatican prelate to participate in a Mass for him on Sunday.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of prelate
Noun
  • While in town, travelers can also visit the Rosa Parks Museum, which tells the story of the Montgomery bus boycott and the fight against segregation, and the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Dr. King served as a pastor.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of pastor

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