Bishop Meaning and Definition

Word: Bishop

How to pronounce: ˈbɪʃəp

Noun

Definitions:

1. A senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.

Example sentences: "The spiritual peerage consists of the archbishops and diocesan bishops of the Church of England."

2. An African weaverbird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage.

Example sentences: "Such costs should influence the female's decision of where to start a breeding attempt and might explain why female red bishops do not show a preference for males with many nests."

3. A chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a miter, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black.

Example sentences: "Every chess bishop moves on a diagonal, and none of those on black squares ever move to white squares (in the same game)."

4. Mulled and spiced wine.

Example sentences: "Glogg, gluhwein, poker beer, bishop, toddy, hot punch, flip, rumfustian, and wassail are all of the warmed spirit family."

Synonyms:

pontiff

archbishop

Derivations:

bishopric

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Bishop in Other Languages...

Spanish: Obispo

German: Bischof

French: évêque

Italian: Vescovo

Turkish: Piskopos