“Daddy, What’s a Bishop?”

Such a question may become more and more plausible, as Oxford University Press has removed words associated with Christianity from its Junior Dictionary :

Oxford University Press has removed words like “aisle,” “bishop,” “chapel,” “empire,” and “monarch” from its Junior Dictionary and replaced them with words like “blog,” “broadband,” and “celebrity.” Dozens of words related to the countryside have also been culled.

The publisher claims the changes have been made to reflect the fact that Britain is a modern, multicultural, multifaith society.

“Modern, multicultural, [and] multifaith.” We could also add “myopic.”