bishoply

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bisshoply, from Old English biscoplīc (“episcopal”) equivalent to bishop +‎ -ly.

Adjective

bishoply (comparative more bishoply, superlative most bishoply)

1. Like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop

   Synonyms: bishoplike, episcopal

   bishoply power

   bishoply office

Derived terms

• unbishoply

 

Translations

Translations

• Polish: biskupi (pl)

Etymology 2

From bishop +‎ -ly.

Adverb

bishoply (comparative more bishoply, superlative most bishoply)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (rare) In the manner of a bishop.
   • 1838 [????], John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Preliminary Dissertation by the Rev. George Townsend, page 177:

     And such, for the most part, live naughtily, carnally, fleshly, viciously, pompously, worldly, and not bishoply nor priestly. For they came not in by God, nor by grace.

   • 1908, Reginald Farrer, The Dowager of Jerusalem: A Romance in Four Acts, page 23:

     You mouthed it roundly - was't your Sunday's discourse? Alas, that you should speak so bishoply! Now hear you me rebut your lordship's sermon, That this our Lady be not so misled / As to believe it truth.

   • 1982 November, Jerry Pournelle, “The Strategy of Technology”, in Stanley Schmidt, editor, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact‎^[1], Davis Publications, page 148:

     “[…] You may have a second tour covering another thirty-six planets. Of course, this is entirely a charitable gift and the Railroad admits no responsibility.” / “Ummm, I understand; I am a true son of Holy Father Church and do not concern myself with the secular details of the settlement,” I said bishoply.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bishoply”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)