boy bishop
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widespread medieval custom in which a boy was chosen, for example among cathedral choristers, to parody the real bishop, commonly on the feast of Holy Innocents, a custom linked with others, such as that of the Feast of Fools and the Feast of Asses
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- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- P8168
- Vandré
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