bishop
Definitions
- An English surname originating as an occupation.
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Alternative letter-case form of bishop, particularly as a title or term of address. alt-of
- 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
- 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.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A self-propelled 25-pounder vehicle produced by the United Kingdom during World War II, so called from a supposed resemblance to a bishop's miter.
- Elizabeth, 1911–79, U.S. poet.
- A similar official or chief priest in another religion
- A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
- A locale in the United States.
- A city in Inyo County, California; named for nearby Bishop Creek, itself named for early settler Samuel Addison Bishop.
- A high-ranking Christian cleric, in modern churches usually in charge of a diocese and in some churches regarded as having received the highest ordination in unbroken succession from the apostles.
- The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc
- The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
- A town in Oconee County, Georgia; named for local landowner W. H. Bishop.
- Abbr. B Games A usually miter-shaped chess piece that can move diagonally across any number of unoccupied spaces.
- Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker
- Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
- An unincorporated community in Forest City Township, Mason County, Illinois; named for landowner Henry Bishop.
- Mulled port spiced with oranges, sugar, and cloves.
- A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day
- A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
- An unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland.
- (Ecclesiastical Terms) (in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Greek Orthodox Churches) a clergyman having spiritual and administrative powers over a diocese or province of the Church. See also suffragan
- The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
- Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
- A city in Nueces County, Texas; named for landowner F. Z. Bishop.
- (Ecclesiastical Terms) (in some Protestant Churches) a spiritual overseer of a local church or a number of churches
- A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
- An unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia and McDowell County, West Virginia, located on the state line.
- (Chess & Draughts) a chesspiece, capable of moving diagonally over any number of unoccupied squares of the same colour
- A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
- A ghost town in Whitman County, Washington; named for two early settlers.
- (Brewing) mulled wine, usually port, spiced with oranges, cloves, etc
- A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
- (Biography) Elizabeth. 1911–79, US poet, who lived in Brazil. Her poetry reflects her travelling experience, esp in the tropics
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A bustle. US, archaic
- 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.
- A children's smock or pinafore.
Equivalents
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Afrikaansloper
Azərbaycan dilifil
Българскиофицер
বাংলাহাতি
Catalàalfil
Danskløber
Esperantokuriero
Eestioda
فارسیفیل
Gaeilgeeaspag
Gàidhligeasbaig
Հայերենփիղ
Íslenskabiskup
Italianoalfiere
ქართულიკუ
Қазақ тіліпіл
ភាសាខ្មែរគោល
Кыргызчапил
Lietuviųrikis
Te Reo Māoripīhopa
Македонскиловец
Монголтэмээ
मराठीउंट
Bahasa Melayugajah
Maltiisqof
မြန်မာဆင်
नेपालीउँट
Nederlandsloper
Portuguêsbispo
Românănebun
Slovenčinastrelec
Svenskalöpare
తెలుగుబిషప్
Тоҷикӣфил
Türkmençepil
ئۇيغۇرچەپىل
اردوفیل
O'zbekchafil
Examples
“King James of blessed memory said, no Bishop, no King: it was not he, but others that added, No Ceremony, no Bishop.”
“St. Ignatius... In his 'Epiſtle to the Magneſians,' he exhorts them to do all things in the love⟳ of God, telling them, the Biſhop preſides in the place⟳ of God...”
“These ministers were at first confined to the three orders of bishops, priests, and deacons.”
“It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the Church is called indifferently ‘bishop’ ἐπίσκοπος and ‘elder’ or ‘presbyter’ πρεσβύτερος.”
“The Jubilee Mass had a special solemnity due to the presence of two exiled Chinese bishops—Thomas Cardinal Tien, Archbishop of Peking, and Bishop Joseph Yuen, of Chu-ma-tien, Honan—as well as the recently named bishop of Taichung, Formosa, Most Rev. William Kupfer, MM, who was in the United States to attend⟳ the Maryknoll General Chapter.”
“The Caliphaes of the Sarasins were kings and chiefe bishops in their religion.”
“The Byshop of Egypt is called the Souldan.”
“[…] which explains the beheading of the Muslim Bishop of Lisbon, soon after the Reconquista.”
“The [holder of the office of] Imam [of Monrovia] is commonly referred to, both in conversation and in the press⟳, as ‘the Muslim Bishop’.”
“They gave away corn, not cash; and Cicero was made bishop, or overseer, of this public victualling.”
“There is no place⟳ we see⟳ privileged from temptations, no desert so solitary but the devil will seek⟳ it out; no pinnacle so high but the devil is a bishop over it, to visit⟳ and overlook it.”
“The Bishoppes some name⟳ Alphins, some fooles, and some name⟳ them Princes; other some call⟳ them Archers.”
“A Bishop or Archer, who is commonly figured with his head cloven.”
“‘Bishop, Bishop-Barnabee, Tell⟳ me when my wedding shall be; If it be to-morrow day, Ope your wings and fly⟳ away.”
“Well roasted, with Sugar and Wine in a Cup, They'll make⟳ a sweet Bishop.”
“A bowl of that liquor called Bishop, which Johnson had always liked.”
“Spicy bishop, drink⟳ divine.”
“If, by her bishop, or her 'grace' alone, A genuine lady, or a church, is known.”
“Here; tak him, an wesh him; an' put⟳ him a clen bishop on.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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