| archbishop |
a highest ranking bishop who officiates over a church diocese or province. |
| archdeacon |
a church official ranking just below a bishop and responsible for the administration of a diocese. [1/2 definitions] |
| bishopric |
the diocese overseen by a bishop. [2 definitions] |
| cathedra |
the official seat of a bishop. |
| coadjutor |
an assistant, esp. the principal assistant of a bishop. |
| crosier |
a staff topped by a crook or cross, borne by or before an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a sign of his office. |
| diocesan |
the bishop of authority in a diocese. [1/2 definitions] |
| diocese |
a group of churches or an administrative region under the jurisdiction of a bishop; bishopric. |
| enthrone |
to give (someone) the office and authority of a king or, occasionally, a bishop. [1/3 definitions] |
| episcopacy |
the office or term of a bishop. [1/3 definitions] |
| episcopal |
of or relating to a bishop or government of a church by bishops. [1/2 definitions] |
| episcopate |
the office, term, or post of a bishop. [2/3 definitions] |
| Lord Spiritual |
a bishop or an archbishop who is a member of the British House of Lords. (Cf. Lord Temporal.) |
| major order |
the rank of deacon, priest, or bishop, as in the Roman Catholic or Episcopal churches. |
| metropolitan |
a bishop who is the head of a church province, as in the Eastern Orthodox Church. [1/7 definitions] |
| patriarch |
in some churches, a high-ranking bishop or other official. [1/4 definitions] |
| pontiff |
a bishop. [1/3 definitions] |
| pope |
(often cap.) the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church. [1/3 definitions] |
| prelate |
a church official of high rank, such as a bishop. |
| priest |
a clergyman below the rank of bishop. [1/3 definitions] |
| Roman Catholic Church |
a Christian church organized into a hierarchy of bishops and priests that is headed by the pope, or Bishop of Rome; Latin Church. |