Meaning of bishop | Babel Free

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1. An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory
2. An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory
3. A similar official or chief priest in another religion
4. The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc
5. Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker
6. A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day

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