10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BISHOPESS»
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bishopess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Near her and holding the child's head in her lap sat the bishopess, still
handsome, although somewhat paler and reduced in flesh; she contemplated the
girl with the loving eyes of a mother. A few steps away sat Eonan; his feet were
wrapped ...
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Heraldic anomalies [by E.Nares].
In writers of the middle age, we meet with the term Episcopa, Bishopess. By an
ancient Canon of the Council of Tours, a Bishop who had no Bishopess, was
forbid to have any crowd of women after him. But I must be allowed to ask, how
could ...
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The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse
In another moment she would be looking at him through her lorgnette; and
England was Uttered with the shriveled remains of curates at whom the lady
bishopess had looked through her lorgnette. He had seen them wilt like salted
slugs at the ...
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Man of God: A Study of the Priesthood
The confusion encountered in trying to relate widowhood with the order of
deaconess is further compounded when we come to consider the use of the
words episcopa and presbytera (bishopess and priestess). Did widowhood ever
imply ...
Such a character as hers could not fail to carry weight if she were ever in a
sufficiently conspicuous sphere for its influence to be widely felt; but as Lady
Winchester—or the Bishopess—which would sound quite nicely—who could
doubt that ...
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A Corrupt Tree: An Encyclopaedia of Crimes committed by the ...
The synods of the sixth and seventh centuries, while recognising the position of
these former wives and according them even the formal designation of bishopess
, priestess, and the like, enacted very strict regulations with respect to their ...
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The Branding Needle, Or, the Monastery of Charolles
Bonan, the Master of the Hounds, Odille, the Bishopess, all their children,
together with several monks and colonists threw themselves into the punt. The
river was quickly crossed, the landing made, and all ran to meet the monk. Old
Odille and ...
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On the Productivity of Verbal Prefixation in English: ...
Thus, English has female forms such as waitress and countess,57 but lacks a
female form of bishop (*bishopess)58 because British churches “have not
historically had female bishops" (Matthews 1993: 75). Similarly, Ger55 Cf. also
Becker ...
The reason, he explained, is that we rarely need to refer specifically to them.2
Similarly, English has such forms as countess and waitress, or lioness and
tigress ; but not, for example, ' bishopess ' or 'bear ess'. The reasons again might
be that ...
But there was a Bishopess, and the Bishopcss was neither more nor less than
rampant in her Protestantism. Further, she exercised uncontrolled sway over her
husband, with the consequence that the diocese was ruled, not by the easy-
going ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BISHOPESS»
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bishopess is used in the context of the following news items.
OPINION: Equality means no more labels
And no question, Libby Lane is a bishop not a 'bishopess' – nor did we feel the need to invent the word. This month, we mark 40 years since ... «Jewish News, Jun 15»
Spotlight on Lamb of God Lutheran Church, Pleasant Prairie
We steal a line from Martin Luther who said every father is the bishop of his kitchen table and every mother the bishopess.” History of ... «Kenosha News, Oct 13»
If not a woman Archbishop, at least an Archbishop for women, please
The candidate favoured by the progressive churchwoman then, is the one willing to make life as easy as possible for the said 'bishopess' when ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 12»
