bishopess

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female bishop.
    — Presently there were bishopesses as well as priestesses, splendidly arrayed in chasubles and diadems. These were, from a strictly canonical point of view, the first validly ordained women priests.
  2. The wife of a bishop.

词形变化

bishopesses plural

词源

From bishop + -ess.
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