BISHOP
\bˈɪʃəp], \bˈɪʃəp], \b_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_p]\
Definitions of BISHOP
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches (Anglican Communion and Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic) to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ
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(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
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a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ
By Princeton University
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A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
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In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.
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In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.
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A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.
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An old name for a woman's bustle.
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To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
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To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.
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A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; - formerly called archer.
By Oddity Software
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A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
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In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.
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In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.
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A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.
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An old name for a woman's bustle.
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To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
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To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.
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A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; - formerly called archer.
By Noah Webster.
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A clergyman of high rank in a ritualistic church, below an archbishop, but above a priest; the head of a diocese, or church district; one of the pieces used in playing chess.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One of the higher clergy who has charge of a diocese; also, one of the pieces in the game of chess, having its upper section carved into the shape of a mitre.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] An overseer; one who has a pastoral charge;—a superintendent; one who oversees a number of charges;—the highest of the three ministerial orders in the Anglican Church; a prelate;—the spiritual head, in a particular sphere;—the head of the Romish Church.
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n. A mixture of wine oranges, and sugar;—an article of a lady's dress.
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