What does bishop mean?

Definitions for bishop
ˈbɪʃ əpbish·op

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bishopnoun

    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. bishopnoun

    port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

  3. bishopnoun

    (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

Wiktionary

  1. bishopnoun

    A high ranking official in the Catholic church who governs a diocese, or a similar official in other denominations and religions. (Occasionally abbreviated as Bp. when used as a title.)

  2. bishopnoun

    A piece that may be moved only diagonally.

    The bishop is confined to squares of a single color.

  3. bishopnoun

    penis (see bash the bishop).

  4. bishopnoun

    sex toy.

  5. Etymology: From bishop, from biscop, from *, from episcopus, from ἐπίσκοπος, from ἐπί + σκοπέω. Cognate with biskop, bisschop, Bischof, biskop, biskop, biskup,.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. BISHOPnoun

    One of the head order of the clergy.

    Etymology: from episcopus, Lat. the Saxons formed biscop, which was afterwards softened into bishop.

    A bishop is an overseer, or superintendant, of religious matters in the christian church. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

    You shall find him well accompany’d
    With reverend fathers, and well learned bishops. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

    Their zealous superstition thinks, or pretends, they cannot do God a greater service, than to destroy the primitive, apostolical, and anciently universal government of the church by bishops. Charles I .

    In case a bishop should commit treason and felony, and forfeit his estate, with his life, the lands of his bishoprick remain still in the church. South.

    On the word bishop, in French evêque, I would observe, that there is no natural connexion between the sacred office and the letters or sound; for evêque, and bishop, signify the same office, though there is not one letter alike in them. Isaac Watts, Logick.

  2. Bishopnoun

    A cant word for a mixture of wine, oranges, and sugar.

    Fine oranges,
    Well roasted, with sugar and wine in a cup,
    They’ll make a sweet bishop, when gentle folks sup. Jonathan Swift.

  3. To Bishopverb

    To confirm; to admit solemnly into the church.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    They are prophane, imperfect, oh! too bad,
    Except confirm’d and bishoped by thee. John Donne.

Wikipedia

  1. Bishop

    A bishop is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Moravian, Anglican, Old Catholic and Independent Catholic churches, as well as the Assyrian Church of the East, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles. Within these churches, bishops are seen as those who possess the full priesthood and can ordain clergy, including other bishops. Some Protestant churches, including the Lutheran and Methodist churches, have bishops serving similar functions as well, though not always understood to be within apostolic succession in the same way. A person ordained as a deacon, priest, and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the (ministerial) priesthood, given responsibility by Christ to govern, teach, and sanctify the Body of Christ. Priests, deacons and lay ministers co-operate and assist their bishops in pastoral ministry.

ChatGPT

  1. bishop

    A bishop is a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese, responsible for ordaining other clergy members, and often acting as the representative of the church in the community. They are involved with the administration of sacraments, confirmation, and the consecration of new church buildings. The specific responsibilities and roles of bishops can vary depending on the denomination of Christianity. Historically, this title also refers to clergy in some other religions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bishopnoun

    a spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director

  2. Bishopnoun

    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. Bishopnoun

    in the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents

  4. Bishopnoun

    a piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer

  5. Bishopnoun

    a beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar

  6. Bishopnoun

    an old name for a woman's bustle

  7. Bishopverb

    to admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor

  8. Bishopverb

    to make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth

Wikidata

  1. Bishop

    A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic and Independent Catholic churches and in the Assyrian Church of the East, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles. Within these churches, bishops are seen as those who possess the full priesthood and can ordain clergy – including other bishops. Some Protestant churches including the Lutheran and Methodist churches have bishops serving similar functions as well, though not always understood to be within apostolic succession in the same way. One who has been ordained deacon, priest, and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the priesthood, given responsibility by Christ to govern, teach and sanctify the Body of Christ, members of the Faithful. Priests, deacons and lay ministers cooperate and assist their bishop in shepherding a flock. The term epískopos was not from the earliest times clearly distinguished from the term presbýteros, but the term was already clearly used in the sense of the order or office of bishop, distinct from that of priest in the writings of Ignatius of Antioch, and sources from the middle of the 2nd century undoubtedly set forth that all the chief centres of Christianity recognized and had the office of bishop, using a form of organization that remained universal until the Protestant Reformation.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bishop

    bish′op, n. in the Western and Eastern Churches, and in the Anglican communion, a clergyman consecrated for the spiritual direction of a diocese, under an archbishop, and over the priests or presbyters and deacons: a spiritual overseer in the early Christian Church, whether of a local church or of a number of churches—the terms bishop [Gr. episcopos] and presbyter [Gr. presbyteros] are used interchangeably in the New Testament for the officers who direct the discipline and administer the affairs of a single congregation—the differentiation in function and dignity is, however, well marked by the end of the 2d century: one of the pieces or men in chess, from the upper part being carved into the shape of a bishop's mitre (formerly the archer): a wholesome hot drink compounded of red wine (claret, Burgundy, &c.) poured warm or cold upon ripe bitter oranges, sugared and spiced to taste.—v.t. (jocularly) to play the bishop, to confirm: to supply with bishops: to let milk or the like burn while cooking.—ns. Bish′opess, a she-bishop, a bishop's wife; Bish′opric, the office and jurisdiction of a bishop: a diocese—also Bish′opdom.—Bishop in partibus (see Partibus). [A.S. biscop—L. episcopus—Gr. episcopos, an overseer—epi, upon, skop-ein, to view.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  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.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. bishop

    A name of the great northern diver (Colymbus glacialis).

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BISHOP

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bishop is ranked #262 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bishop surname appeared 116,618 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 40 would have the surname Bishop.

    84.4% or 98,472 total occurrences were White.
    10.1% or 11,825 total occurrences were Black.
    2.3% or 2,764 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 2,169 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 711 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 665 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'bishop' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3414

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'bishop' in Nouns Frequency: #1108

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bishop in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bishop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of bishop in a Sentence

  1. David Gibson:

    Pope Francis wrote a very heartfelt apology, he said ‘I was wrong and I must change,’ no pope ever had fired a bishop.

  2. Thomas Tobin:

    As a Roman Catholic Bishop, however, my obligation before God is to lead the faithful entrusted to my care and to teach the faith, clearly and compassionately, even on very difficult and sensitive issues.

  3. Earle Scarlett:

    In the American government, a guy can get up and say you're a liar to the president, can you imagine a bishop or cardinal saying that to the Pope in a meeting? I never heard of a Pope being dethroned. But I've heard of presidents being impeached.

  4. Jeremy Collins:

    He was standing there and I came and stood right next to him, and for some reason turned. In my mind's eye I stripped off the beard, and saw the Foreign Service officer I had seen in Washington, D.C. I just impulsively said, 'You're Brad Bishop, aren't you?' And he began trembling and shaking and said 'Oh God, no' and turned around. I have no doubt it was him.

  5. Carlos Cruz:

    This contradicts everything the Pope has said. He was aware of the situation but named (Barros as bishop) anyway, we were accustomed to getting slapped in the face by the Catholic church (in Chile), but getting slapped by the Pope himself is the saddest part.

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