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Brewer's: Bishop of Hippo

St. Augustine. (354-430) is often so referred to. He held the See for many years. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bishop's ApronBishop in Partibus A B C D…

Brewer's: Bishop in Partibus

(See In Partibus .) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bishop of HippoBishop A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Brewer's: Bishop's Apron

represents the short cassock which, by the 74th canon, all clergymen were enjoined to wear. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bishop's BibleBishop of Hippo A…

Brewer's: Bishop's Bible

(The ). (See under Bible, page 131, col. 2.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bishop's MitreBishop's Apron A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Brewer's: Bishop's Mitre

Dean Stanley tells us that the cleft of a bishop's mitre represents the mark of the crease of the mitre, when folded and carried under the arm, like an opera hat. (Christian Institutions,…

Elizabeth I

The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I became one of the most effective monarchs in British history. She succeeded her half-sister, Mary I, in 1558 and reigned for the next 44…

Tower of London

(Encyclopedia) Tower of London, ancient fortress in London, England, just east of the City and on the north bank of the Thames, covering about 13 acres (5.3 hectares). Now used mainly as a museum, it…

Bishop, Isabel

(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Isabel, 1902–88, American painter, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Influenced by the New York City painters of the 1930s, Bishop produced numerous paintings of working women. Her pensive…

Bishop Auckland

(Encyclopedia) Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland ôkˈlənd [key], town, Durham, NE England, on the Wear River. It is a…

Bishop's University

(Encyclopedia) Bishop's University, provincially supported, English-language university at Lennoxville, Que., Canada; founded 1843 by the Anglican bishop of Quebec as a liberal arts college. In 1853…