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Archdeacon
noun · 78% connection
In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with indepe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Archon
noun · 78% connection
One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Archprimate
noun · 78% connection
The chief primate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Bishoplike
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Canterbury
noun · 78% connection
A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and cont…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Chorepiscopus
noun · 78% connection
A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural di…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Confirmation
noun · 78% connection
A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Cross-bearer
noun · 78% connection
A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Dean
noun · 78% connection
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Editor
noun · 78% connection
One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Father
noun · 78% connection
A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
First-class
adjective · 78% connection
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Foreman
noun · 78% connection
The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Genus
noun · 78% connection
A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Handsel
noun · 78% connection
A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Kirk
noun · 78% connection
A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Mayor
noun · 78% connection
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
Metropolis
noun · 78% connection
The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chief, bishop, church, dignitary, first.
