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BISHOP ULFILAS

• BISHOP ULFILAS (noun)
The noun BISHOP ULFILAS has 1 sense:

1. a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)

Familiarity information: BISHOP ULFILAS used as a noun is very rare.

• BISHOP ULFILAS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bishop Ulfila; Bishop Ulfilas; Bishop Wulfila; Ulfila; Ulfilas; Wulfila

Instance hypernyms:

bishop (a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ)

interpreter; translator (someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)

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