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.
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Bishopess
//bɪʃ.əˈpɛs//
Synonyms for "bishopess"
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17 translations across 12 languages.
Breton
1 entries- eskobez noun (female bishop)
Catalan
1 entries- bisbessa noun (female bishop)
Czech
1 entries- biskupka noun (female bishop)
Esperanto
2 entries- episkopedzino noun (wife of a bishop)
- episkopino noun (female bishop)
Finnish
1 entries- piispatar noun (wife of a bishop)
French
2 entries- évêchesse noun (female bishop)
- évêchesse noun (wife of a bishop)
German
2 entries- Bischöfin noun (female bishop)
- Bischöfin noun (wife of a bishop)
Italian
2 entries- vescova noun (female bishop)
- vescovessa noun (female bishop)
Portuguese
2 entries- bispa noun (female bishop)
- episcopisa noun (female bishop)
Romanian
1 entries- episcopă noun (female bishop)
Russian
1 entries- епи́скопесса noun (female bishop)
Spanish
1 entries- obispa noun (female bishop)
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