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BISHOP ULFILA
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• BISHOP ULFILA (noun)
The noun BISHOP ULFILA 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 ULFILA used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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 senior member of the Christian clergy 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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