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Defenition of the word bishop

    • Defenition of the word bishop

      • The priest who acts as the highest religious official in a diocese.
      • A chess piece that may be moved only diagonally.
      • a chess piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
      • port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
      • 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
      • (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
      • 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
      • a senior member of the Christian clergy 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

    Hyponyms for the word bishop

      • Ambrose
      • archbishop
      • Berkeley
      • Bishop Berkeley
      • Bishop Ulfila
      • Bishop Ulfilas
      • Bishop Wulfila
      • cardinal
      • diocesan
      • eparch
      • Eusebius
      • Eusebius of Caesarea
      • exarch
      • George Berkeley
      • Ignatius
      • Martin
      • Nicholas
      • primus
      • Saint Ambrose
      • Saint Ignatius
      • Saint Nicholas
      • St. Ambrose
      • St. Ignatius
      • St. Martin
      • St. Nicholas
      • suffragan
      • suffragan bishop
      • Ulfila
      • Ulfilas
      • vicar apostolic
      • Wulfila

    Hypernyms for the word bishop

      • chess piece
      • chessman
      • clergyman
      • man of the cloth
      • mulled wine
      • priest
      • reverend

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