Bishop
Bishop noun - A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ.
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Clergymen and bishop are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Clergymen" with "Bishop", this nouns are similar.
Nearby Word: bishopric
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- There is also The Bishop, a crimefighter who stops clergymen from being murdered... or at least he would if he ever got there in time.
Source: Church Police - A Monty Python sketch features an Action Hero called The Bishop who repeatedly tries to stop assassinations of clergymen but always arrives just to late.
Source: You Are Too Late - Worth noting that several prominent Catholic clergymen had reputations as alchemists and/or magicians during the medieval period ... including Robert Grosseteste (Bishop of Lincoln), Roger Bacon (a monk) and Pope Sylvester II.
Source: Religion Is Magic
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