(n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph has always contained prayers and readings from scripture, and the fact that it continues to be so central a part of our public life would suggest that it is meeting people's pastoral needs," said the Venerable Peter Eagles, archdeacon for the army.
(2) For the first time in the church's history, the new archbishop was installed on his diocesan throne by a woman, the Venerable Sheila Watson, archdeacon of Canterbury.
(3) Although the role falls to the archdeacon regardless of gender, the precedent will delight those Anglicans who, like Welby, remain in favour of the introduction of women bishops despite the General Synod's no-vote on the issue last November.
(4) "I think that, in order to regain our credibility in our society, we have got to act – not too hastily, we have got to take time to listen to each other," said Jane Hedges, canon steward of Westminster Abbey and archdeacon of Westminster.
(5) Her previous role as canon steward of Westminster Abbey and archdeacon of Westminster involved greeting and accompanying senior members of the royal family at the most high-profile services.
(6) Many of the senior clergy in York are women, among them the dean of the cathedral, Viv Faull, and the archdeacon of York, Sarah Bullock, who preached the sermon.
(7) The then archdeacon of Sheffield, Stephen Lowe, who organised priests to help families at the boys' club, has described the police operation there as "utter chaos".
(8) Whatever house you enter, first say ‘peace to this house’ …” In the sermon, the archdeacon of York, the venerable Sarah Bullock, described God as “God our midwife”, and preached on a Christmas episode of BBC1’s Call the Midwife.
(9) The Venerable Sheila Watson, archdeacon of Canterbury, took a central role in the ceremony, which marks the beginning of Welby's public ministry.
(10) He will be led to the diocesan throne by the Venerable Sheila Watson, the archdeacon of Canterbury.
(11) Leonard's career in the 1950s and 60s as curate, incumbent, director of church schools and archdeacon was exemplary.
(12) Stephen Lowe, then the archdeacon of Sheffield, said "there was no organisation, no information, no sense of the police working in partnership," at the Hillsborough boys' club where anxious families were kept waiting for news, which was overseen by Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, then an inspector in the South Yorkshire police.
(13) Treweek has been archdeacon of Northolt, one of the church's middle management positions, and moved to Hackney in 2011.
(14) The letter’s supporters come from 38 out 42 dioceses, include three deans and eight archdeacons and – according to the organisers – represent all traditions within the church.
(15) The intention is that eight members would be elected regionally from within bishops' senior staff teams (that include deans, archdeacons and others)."
(16) Bayes is one of a dozen prominent church figures – including two bishops, a former bishop, the dean of St Paul’s cathedral and two archdeacons – to contribute to a book aimed at evangelical members of the Church of England, who are among the most resistant to accepting lesbian and gay people in the church.
(17) The Ven Rachel Treweek, 51, archdeacon of Hackney An evangelical who is widely respected for competence and drive.
(18) The cleric, who was made the first female archdeacon of Canterbury in 2007, installed the archbishop on the diocesan throne in the cathedral, a historic moment symbolising his appointment as bishop of Canterbury – the first of three roles held by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
(19) The reverend Norman Russell, archdeacon of Berkshire, admitted misgivings endured over same-sex partnerships and not celibacy or homosexuality.
(20) The parish priest, Archdeacon Feeney, complained about us from the altar, but we were brazen and chose to ignore him.
Bishop
Definition:
(n.) A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
(n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.
(n.) In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.
(n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.
(n.) A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.
(n.) An old name for a woman's bustle.
(v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
(v. t.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.
Example Sentences:
(1) The statutory age of retirement for clergy is 70, although vicars’ terms can be extended by his or her bishop.
(2) McDaniel supported his 2003 election as bishop of New Hampshire, which, caused conservative Episcopalians in the US to break away and was the subject of intense debate in the worldwide Anglican church.
(3) The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the M RNA of Bunyamwera virus (prototype of the serogroup) and snowshow hare and La Crosse viruses (California serogroup) (Lees et al., 1986; Eshita and Bishop, 1984; Grady et al., 1987) were compared to those of Germiston virus.
(4) The government's civil partnership bill to sanction same-sex unions was thrown into confusion last night after a cross-party coalition of peers and bishops voted to extend the bill's benefits to a wide range of people who live together in a caring family relationship.
(5) The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, the Bishop of Hulme, who speaks for the Anglican church on urban life and faith, is less sanguine.
(6) It is a relatively junior role, which will make her an assistant bishop in the diocese of Chester.
(7) That is the problem with those who refuse to accept women’s ministry as priests and bishops.
(8) These conserved sequences are identical to those previously reported for BTV types 10 and 11 (A. Kiuchi, C. D. Rao, and P. Roy (1983), "Double-Stranded RNA Viruses" (R. W. Compans and D. H. L. Bishop, eds.
(9) Macfarlane said he did not leak the contents of last week’s cabinet meeting - but he appeared to vouch for the veracity of the reported divisions when he added: “There has certainly been some very accurate statements made in newspapers in relation to the discussions that were had in cabinet.” The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, said the leak “absolutely did not come from me” and although it was not the first cabinet in Australian history to have had leaks “this was particularly disappointing because it went into such detail”.
(10) The Rev Tim Stephens, the Bishop of Leicester, said it was "most troubling that the government and opposition have together in their proceeding with this measure led to division, not only within the country where polls consistently show half the population against this change, but also between the political class and the vast majority of practicing religious people".
(11) This is consistent with and confirms our previous finding [Weber, A., Northrop, J., Bishop, M. F., Ferrone, F. A., & Mooseker, M. S. (1987) Biochemistry (preceding paper in the issue)] that at an actin-villin ratio of 3 a significant fraction of the villin is free and that a series of steady states exist between villin-actin complexes of increasing size and G-actin.
(12) Or the checked shirt of the “hipster Labor lawyer”, as the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, described him.
(13) He is an Anglican bishop who has shown his moral strength to the world better than anybody.
(14) The study aimed at examining the effectiveness of labor induction in term pregnant nulliparas with the premature rupture of the membranes (PRM) and unriped cervix (Bishop less than 6).
(15) • The Catholic church's near monopoly of influence in education means that the ultimate power in each school is the local Catholic bishop.
(16) The Irish people, once so willing to heed to the clergy, decisively determined that Catholic bishops possess little credibility these days when it comes to knowing what’s in the best interests of children.
(17) The likes of almond, blackberry and crocus first made way for analogue, block graph and celebrity in the Oxford Junior Dictionary in 2007, with protests at the time around the loss of a host of religious words such as bishop, saint and sin.
(18) I’m standing strongly behind Bronwyn Bishop as the Speaker and I would call on all my colleagues whether they’re in the cabinet or on the backbench to stand firm against the demands by the Labor party to remove the Speaker,” Pyne said.
(19) I don't believe they are serious about opening the door to someone in a civil partnership becoming a bishop.
(20) And while one may think that the bishops of the Church of England don’t quite have the sex appeal of Russell Brand, we think that we should counter it.” While the bishops stress that their letter is not intended as “a shopping list of policies we would like to see”, they do advocate a number of specific steps, including a re-examination of the need for Trident, a retention of the commitment to funding overseas aid and a reassessment of areas where regulations fuel “the common perception of ‘health and safety gone mad’”.