noun
Meaning 1
A female bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bishopess
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/bɪʃ.əˈpɛs/
noun
Meaning 2
The wife of a bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From bishop + -ess.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: eskobez — female bishop
- Catalan: bisbessa — female bishop
- Czech: biskupka — female bishop
- Esperanto: episkopino — female bishop
- French: évêchesse — female bishop
- German: Bischöfin — female bishop
- Italian: vescova — female bishop
- Italian: vescovessa — female bishop
- Portuguese: bispa — female bishop
- Portuguese: episcopisa — female bishop
- Romanian: episcopă — female bishop
- Russian: епи́скопесса (jepískopessa) — female bishop
- Spanish: obispa — female bishop
- Esperanto: episkopedzino — wife of a bishop
- Finnish: piispatar — wife of a bishop
- French: évêchesse — wife of a bishop
- German: Bischöfin — wife of a bishop