English Explanatory Dictionary

antibishop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pretender to the episcopal office, such as a bishop appointed by an antipope.

Word forms

antibishop antibishops anti-bishop

Etymology

18th-century back-formation by analogy with antipope, from anti- + bishop.

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