Definitions from Wiktionary (Bishop)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (religion, nonstandard) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
▸ noun: A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
▸ noun: A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
▸ noun: A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
▸ noun: (US, archaic) A bustle.
▸ noun: (UK, dialectal, archaic) A children's smock or pinafore.
▸ verb: (Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
▸ verb: (by extension, jocularly, obsolete) To confirm (in its other senses).
▸ verb: (Christianity) To make a bishop.
▸ verb: (Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
▸ verb: (UK, 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).
▸ verb: (by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
▸ verb: (UK, colloquial, obsolete) To murder by drowning.
▸ noun: (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation.
▸ noun: (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
▸ noun: A locale in the United States.
▸ noun: A city in Inyo County, California; named for nearby Bishop Creek, itself named for early settler Samuel Addison Bishop.
▸ noun: A city in Texas; named for landowner F. Z. Bishop.
▸ noun: A town in Georgia; named for local landowner W. H. Bishop.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Illinois; named for landowner Henry Bishop.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Maryland.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Virginia and West Virginia.
▸ noun: A ghost town in Washington; named for two early settlers.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of bishop, particularly as a title or term of address. [(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.]
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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (religion, nonstandard) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
▸ noun: A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
▸ noun: A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
▸ noun: A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
▸ noun: (US, archaic) A bustle.
▸ noun: (UK, dialectal, archaic) A children's smock or pinafore.
▸ verb: (Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
▸ verb: (by extension, jocularly, obsolete) To confirm (in its other senses).
▸ verb: (Christianity) To make a bishop.
▸ verb: (Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
▸ verb: (UK, 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).
▸ verb: (by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
▸ verb: (UK, colloquial, obsolete) To murder by drowning.
▸ noun: (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation.
▸ noun: (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
▸ noun: A locale in the United States.
▸ noun: A city in Inyo County, California; named for nearby Bishop Creek, itself named for early settler Samuel Addison Bishop.
▸ noun: A city in Texas; named for landowner F. Z. Bishop.
▸ noun: A town in Georgia; named for local landowner W. H. Bishop.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Illinois; named for landowner Henry Bishop.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Maryland.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Virginia and West Virginia.
▸ noun: A ghost town in Washington; named for two early settlers.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of bishop, particularly as a title or term of address. [(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.]
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