💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Missionary bishop"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| missionary rectornoun | (Christianity) A Roman Catholic priest appointed to the charge of some important mission in England. |
| flying bishopnoun | (informal) An itinerant bishop of the Church of England appointed to administer within another's diocese to those who refuse to accept the ordination of women. |
| bishopnoun | (Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory. |
| auxiliary bishopnoun | A bishop who functions as another bishop's deputy, where the weight of sacramental duties is too much for a single bishop. |
| even-bishopnoun | A co-bishop; a coadjutor bishop. |
| commissarynoun | A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. |
| v. a.noun | Initialism of visual acuity. [The sharpness of vision or sight.] |
| boy bishopnoun | (historical) In many mediaeval English cathedrals and other collegiate institutions, a boy elected to act or parody the role of a bishop for a part of the Christmas period (traditionally from St Nicholas' Day to Innocents' Day). |
| metropolitan bishopnoun | (Orthodox Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. |
| diocesannoun | An inhabitant of a diocese. |
| cobishopnoun | A joint or coadjutant bishop. |
| good bishopnoun | (chess) A bishop that has high mobility. |
| vicar foranenoun | (Roman Catholicism) A priest entrusted by the bishop with a certain degree of leadership in a territorial division of a diocese or a pastoral region. |
| vicar-generalnoun | (Christianity) In the English Church, an officer assisting the bishop, the chancellor of the diocese. |
| abbot-bishopnoun | An abbot who is also a bishop. |
| archbishopnoun | A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.) |
| coadjutor bishopnoun | (Roman Catholicism) An auxiliary bishop with the right of succession, i.e., he becomes bishop upon the death, removal or retirement of the incumbent bishop. |
| vicarnoun | A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. |
| local preachernoun | (religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in some religious denominations. |
| bishopshipnoun | Synonym of bishopric (“the state, condition, or office of a bishop”). |
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