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Definition bishop
Etymology 1
From Middle English bischop, bishop, bisshop, biscop, from Old English biscop (“bishop”), from British Latin *biscopo or Vulgar Latin (e)biscopus, from classical Latin episcopus (“overseer, supervisor”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (epískopos, “overseer”), from ??? (epí, “over”) + ?????? (skopós, “watcher”), used in Greek and Latin both generally and as a title of civil officers. Cognate with all European terms for the position in various Christian churches (see below); compare bisp.
Noun
bishop (plural bishops)
- (Christianity) 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.
- (chess) 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.
- (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
- (alcoholic beverages?) A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
- (US, archaic) A bustle.
- (Britain, dialectal, archaic) A children's smock or pinafore.
Verb
bishop (third-person singular simple present bishops, present participle bishoping or bishopping, simple past and past participle bishoped or bishopped)
- (Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
- (Christianity) To make a bishop.
- (Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
- (Britain, dialectal) To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
- (by extension, of horses) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
Etymology 2
Eponymous, from the surname Bishop.
Verb
bishop (third-person singular simple present bishops, present participle bishoping or bishopping, simple past and past participle bishoped or bishopped)
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