bishop smiter (bishupsmi"ter)

1. Same as bishop, 7 (a).-2. A name of the miters hell, Mitra episcopal is, of the family Mitrida. bishop-stoolt (bish'up-stöl), n. [ According to a custom in which we differed from continental churches and strangely agreed with our Celtic neighbours, the temporal capital was not in early times the seat of the bishop - stool. E. A. Freeman . bishop's-weed, bishop-weed (bish'ups-, bish'up-wed), n. 1. Ægo podium podagra ria. See goutwort. In Scotland it is popularly believed to have received this name from the great difficulty of extirp at ing it. Also called bishop's -elder. 2. A name given to the plants of the genus Ammi, and in the United States to a somewhat similar umbelliferous plant, Disco pleura capil lace a.- True bishop's-weed, the ajowan, Carum Cop bishop's-wort ticum .