A bishop is a clergyman of high rank in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches.
2. countable noun
In chess, a bishop is a piece that can be moved diagonally across the board on squares that are the same colour.
More Synonyms of bishop
bishop in British English
(ˈbɪʃəp)
noun
1.
(in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Greek Orthodox Churches) a cleric having spiritual and administrative powers over a diocese or province of the Church
See also suffragan ▶ Related adjective: episcopal
2.
(in some Protestant Churches) a spiritual overseer of a local church or a number of churches
3.
a chesspiece, capable of moving diagonally over any number of unoccupied squares of the same colour
4.
mulled wine, usually port, spiced with oranges, cloves, etc
Word origin
Old English biscop, from Late Latin epīscopus, from Greek episkopos, from epi- + skopos watcher
Bishop in British English
(ˈbɪʃəp)
noun
1.
Billy, full name William Avery Bishop. 1894–1956, Canadian fighter pilot during World War I; played an important role in the training of Commonwealth pilots during World War II
2.
Elizabeth. 1911–79, US poet, who lived in Brazil. Her poetry reflects her travelling experience, esp in the tropics
Bishop in American English
(ˈbɪʃəp)
Elizabeth1911-79; U.S. poet
bishop in American English
(ˈbɪʃəp)
noun
1.
a.
a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy having authority, variously, over other clergy and usually supervising a diocese or church district
b. LDS Church
a lay church officer who presides over a ward
2.
a chess piece that can move in a diagonal direction only, over any number of unoccupied squares of the same color
3.
a hot, sweet drink of port wine flavored with an orange stuck with cloves
Word origin
ME < OE bisceop < LL episcopus, an overseer (in LL(Ec), bishop) < Gr episkopos, overseer (in N.T., bishop) < epi-, upon + skopos < skopein, to look (see scope)
Examples of 'bishop' in a sentence
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She was tipped to be the first female bishop.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Moscow has refused to confirm him as bishop of the diocese.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
White should have some advantage here as he has the bishop pair in an open position.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Sometimes it is the local bishop who acts as an agent of secular power.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She was tipped to become one of the first female bishops had the change gone through.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Roman popes built a careful hierarchy through their control over local bishops.
Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995)
White has the bishop pair and a strong centre.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It may be only a coincidence that the chairman of the panel was a local bishop.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
White a little better as he has more space and the bishop pair.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The price he has to pay is the surrender of the pair of bishops.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Black has the bishop pair but in a relatively closed position this is not of great relevance.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Black already has the preferable position since he has acquired the bishop pair.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
With only major pieces on the board plus opposite bishops one might expect that this position would be equal.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In an episcopal church, the bishops should be the leaders.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It could include the principal bishops of the Church.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
Inside the splendidly appointed church, the bishops took their places in long rows to take part in the ceremony.
Christianity Today (2000)
The first woman bishops could then be in post by the end of 2015 if a suitable see became vacant.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Well this week a bunch of Church of England bishops decided they too had had enough.
The Sun (2015)
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In other languages
bishop
British English: bishop /ˈbɪʃəp/ NOUN
A bishop is a clergyman of high rank.
American English: bishop
Arabic: أُسْقُف
Brazilian Portuguese: bispo
Chinese: 主教
Croatian: biskup
Czech: biskup
Danish: biskop
Dutch: bisschop
European Spanish: obispo
Finnish: piispa
French: évêque
German: Bischof
Greek: επίσκοπος
Italian: vescovo
Japanese: 主教
Korean: 주교
Norwegian: biskop
Polish: biskup
European Portuguese: bispo
Romanian: episcop
Russian: епископ
Latin American Spanish: obispo
Swedish: biskop
Thai: ตำแหน่งบาทหลวงที่ปกครองบาทหลวงอื่นๆ
Turkish: piskopos
Ukrainian: єпископ
Vietnamese: giám mục
All related terms of 'bishop'
bishop sleeve
a full sleeve gathered at the wrist
Bishop Auckland
a town in N England, in central Durham : seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century : light industries . Pop: 24 764 (2001)
bishop's-cap
any of a genus ( Mitella ) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat
bishop's mitre
a European heteropterous bug, Aelia acuminata , whose larvae are a pest of cereal grasses: family Pentatomidae
bishop's weed
a widely naturalized Eurasian umbelliferous plant, Aegopodium podagraria, with white flowers and creeping underground stems
five-faced bishop
a small N temperate plant, Adoxa moschatellina, with greenish-white musk-scented flowers on top of the stem, arranged as four pointing sideways at right angles to each other and one facing upwards : family Adoxaceae
Chinese translation of 'bishop'
bishop
(ˈbɪʃəp)
n(c)
(Rel) 主教 (zhǔjiào) (位, wèi)
(Chess) 象 (xiàng)
(noun)
Definition
a member of the clergy having spiritual and administrative powers over a diocese