Usually means: Medieval custom, child acting bishop.
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  1. Boy-Bishop, boy bishop: Wordnik
  2. Boy bishop: Dictionary.com
  3. Boy bishop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Boy Bishop: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  5. boy bishop: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Boy bishop: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. boy bishop: Wiktionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Boy-Bishop: Catholic Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (boy bishop)

noun:  A boy appointed to a bishopric; a very young bishop.
noun:  (historical) In many mediaeval English cathedrals and other collegiate institutions, a boy elected to act or parody the role of a bishop for a part of the Christmas period (traditionally from St Nicholas' Day to Innocents' Day).

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