[f. BISHOP v.1 + -ING1.]

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  1.  The action or rite of confirmation. arch.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 101. Heom com to þe halȝa gast þurh heore bisceopunge.

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c. 1315.  Shoreham, 7. Cristendom, and bisschoppynge.

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a. 1535.  More, Wks. (1557), 378. That they call confirmacion, ye people call bishopping.

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1732.  Neal, Hist. Purit., I. 505. Bishoping of children, Organs, Wafter-Cakes, &c.

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1884.  Chr. Commonw., 13 Nov., 63/2. A considerable time often elapsed between the baptism and the bishopping.

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  2.  colloq. The performing of the duties of a bishop.

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1857.  Trollope, Barchester T. (1861), 28. The archdeacon … really understood the business of bishoping.

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