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bishop vs vicar apostolic

vicar apostolic vs bishop

bishop and vicar apostolic both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bishop Yes No No No
vicar apostolic Yes No No No
As nouns, vicar apostolic is a hyponym of bishop; that is, vicar apostolic is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bishop:
  • bishop: a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
  • vicar apostolic: a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
Other hyponyms of bishop include archbishop, cardinal, diocesan, eparch, exarch, exarch, primus, suffragan, suffragan bishop.
bishop (noun) vicar apostolic (noun)
(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
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a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
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