episcopus puerorum

episcopus puerorum (i-pis-k[schwa]-p[schwa]s pyoo-[schwa]r-or-[schwa]m). [Latin “bishop of the boys”] Hist Eccles. law. A layperson who would, on certain feasts, braid his hair, dress like a bishop, and act ludicrous. • This English custom outlasted several laws passed to abolish it.

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