CHAPTER XX

 The Times of the third of May in the following year contained the subjoined announcement:

 

SPRATTE. On the 1st instant, at the Palace, the wife of the Right Revd. the Bishop¹ of Sheffield, (the Honourable² Theodore Spratte,) of a son.

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1 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

2 honourable   

adj.可敬的；荣誉的，光荣的

参考例句：

• I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号，我可担当不起。
• I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。