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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Rector and bishop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rector" instead a noun "Bishop".
Nearby Word: bishopric
Rector
Rector noun - A person authorized to conduct religious worship.
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In the Middle Ages, the word 'rector' meant the person that had the right to collect the income of the parish (known as the 'living'), but this could be a bishop, a canon, an abbey, or a pluralist rector with multiple livings.
Source: The Vicar -
As noted, the Rector's parents and his bishop and that bishop's wife have the same Christian names; there are numerous Toms, Simons, Marys, Emilys, and so on, in all walks of life.
Source: Literature / Evensong -
And the Duke over the opposition of the Bishop; Canon Judith Potecary; and His Grace's old school-fellow (prepper, Eton, and Oxford), the Archdeacon gets the rector he wants, though not without open ecclesiastical warfare.The new Rector is handsome young widower the Rev.
Source: Literature / Cross And Poppy
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