Bench of bishops. The whole body of English prelates, who sit together on a bench in the House of Lords.
To be raised to the Episcopal bench. To be made a bishop.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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