HyperDic: bishop_ulfilas

English > 1 sense of the expression Bishop Ulfilas:
NOUNperson Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfilaa Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic
English > Bishop Ulfilas: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA 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).
SynonymsUlfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila
Instance ofbishopA senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority
interpreter, translatorsomeone who mediates between speakers of different languages
SpanishUlfila, Wulfila
CatalanÚlfila, Ulfilas

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