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1. (n.) bishop
a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry.
2. bishop
a spiritual supervisor, overseer, or the like.
3. bishop
one of two chess pieces of the same color that may be moved any unobstructed distance diagonally, one on white squares and the other on black.
4. bishop
a hot drink of port wine, oranges, and cloves.
5. (n.) Bishop
Elizabeth, 1911–79, U.S. poet.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bishop
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
2. (noun) bishop
port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
3. (noun) bishop
(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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1. (noun) bishop
a priest of high rank
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Bishop
a spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director
2. (noun) Bishop
in the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see
3. (noun) Bishop
in the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents
4. (noun) Bishop
a piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer
5. (noun) Bishop
a beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar
6. (noun) Bishop
an old name for a woman's bustle
7. (verb) Bishop
to admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor
8. (verb) Bishop
to make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Bishop
originally an overseer of souls, eventually an overseer of churches, especially of a district, and conceived of by High-Churchmen as representing the apostles and deriving his powers by transmission from them.
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Sense: a Christian clergyman in charge of a group of churches, usually in a large city or area
the Bishop of Lincoln; He was made a bishop two years ago.
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 Afrikaans: biskop |
 Arabic: أُسْقُف، مُطْران |
 Bulgarian: епископ |
 Brazilian: bispo |
 Czech: biskup |
 German: der Bischof |
 Danish: biskop |
 Greek: επίσκοπος |
 Spanish: obispo |
 Estonian: piiskop |
 Farsi: اسقف |
 Finnish: piispa |
 French: évêque |
 Hebrew: בִּישוֹף, הֶגמוֹן |
 Hindi: धर्माध्यक्ष, बिशप |
 Croatian: biskup |
 Hungarian: püspök |
 Indonesian: uskup |
 Icelandic: biskup |
 Italian: vescovo |
 Japanese: 司教 |
 Korean: 주교 |
 Lithuanian: vyskupas |
 Latvian: bīskaps |
 Malay: biskop |
 Dutch: bisschop |
 Norwegian: biskop |
 Polish: biskup |
 Persian: اسقف |
 Portuguese: bispo |
 Romanian: episcop |
 Russian: епископ |
 Slovak: biskup |
 Slovenian: škof |
 Serbian: episkop |
 Swedish: biskop |
 Thai: ตำแหน่งบาทหลวงที่มีอำนาจป |
 Turkish: pispokos |
 Taiwanese: 主教 |
 Ukrainian: єпископ |
 Urdu: پادری |
 Vietnamese: giám mục |
 Chinese: 主教 |
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