If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone,
A genuine lady, or a church, is known.
Saxe.
Bish"op, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bishoped (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bishoping.] To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
Bish"op (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bishoped (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bishoping.] [From the name of the scoundrel who first practiced it. Youatt.] (Far.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.
The plan adopted is to cut off all the nippers with a saw to the proper length, and then with a cutting instrument the operator scoops out an oval cavity in the corner nippers, which is afterwards burnt with a hot iron until it is black. J. H. Walsh.
Bish"op*dom (&?;), n. Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. "Divine right of bishopdom." Milton.
Bish"op*like` (&?;), a. Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke.