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biscop-líc

(adj.)

episcopal

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episcopal, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 23

bisceop-lic

episcopal ⬩ pontifical

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Add: bishop-like, proper to a bishop Hé ne gefremede náht biscoplices, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 20. episcopal, pontifical Biscoplic wurðscipe flamininus honor, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 54. Biscoplic stól pontificalis cathedra, An. Ox. 2029.

bisceop-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
bisceop-líc, biscop-líc; def. se -líca, seó, ðæt -líce; adj.
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BISHOPLIKE, episcopal, belonging to a bishop; episcopalis, pontificalis He ðæt biscoplíce líf be-eóde episcopalem vitam exercebat, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 23. On bisceoplícum gerece pontificali regimine, 2, 15; S. 519, 13

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biscop-ríce

(n.)

a bishopric

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a bishopric, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 35

biscop-roc

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-roc, -rocc, es; m.

A bishop's rocket ⬩ dalmatica

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[roc, rocc a tunic] A bishop's rocket; dalmatica Mid biscoprocce scrýdan to clothe with a bishop's rocket, Lchdm. iii. 202, 26

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bisceop-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-ríce, biscop-ríce, es; n.

A BISHOPRIC, diocese, province of a bishop ⬩ episcopi provincia, diœcesis

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[bisceop a bishop, ríce a region] A BISHOPRIC, diocese, province of a bishop; episcopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs Mellitus féng to ðam bisceopríce Mellitus succeeded to the bishopric, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, note 8. Seaxulf his biscopríce onféng Saxulf

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bisceop-ríce

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Leódbisceop episcopus, bisceopríce diocessis vel parochia, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 72. Cúþ þám biscope þe seó hálige stów on his bisceopríce is in notitiam episcopi ad cujus diocessim pertinet locus, R. Ben. 119, 9. Gedǽlen hí þæt feoh geond þá biscoprícea,

aldornes

(n.)
Grammar
aldornes, ness, e ; f.

Authority ⬩ auctoritas

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Authority; auctoritas Se bisceop mid biscoplícre aldornesse [ealdorlicnysse, S. 553, 35] wæs cýðende episcopus pontificali auctoritate protestatus, Bd. 3, 22; Whel. 224, 22

weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorþscipe, es; m.
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Hié álýsde for his weorþscipe Eádmund cyning, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 18. an honour, a dignity, an honourable office or position Ealdordómas vel ða héhstan wurðscipas fasces, biscoplíc wurðscipe flamininus honor Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 53, 54.

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