bishop


Definition: Meaning of, bishop in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈbɪʃəp /

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  1. a priest with a high rank in some Christian religions, who is the head of all the churches and priests in a large area
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  2. a piece in the game of CHESS that can be moved sideways over any number of squares of the same colour
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bishop used in phrases

  • Bishop Berkeley (noun)
    1. 1685-1753 irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes
  • Bishop Ulfila (noun)
    1. 311-382 a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet
  • Bishop Ulfilas (noun)
    1. 311-382 a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet
  • Bishop Wulfila (noun)
    1. 311-382 a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet
  • Bishop of Rome (noun)
    1. the head of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Huddleston, Trevor, Bishop
    1. (1913-98), a British priest who became famous for trying to end APARTHEID in South Africa. He worked in South Africa from 1943 until 1956.
  • Latimer, Bishop Hugh
    1. (1485-1555) an English BISHOP (= a Christian priest of high rank) who was one of the leaders of the REFORMATION in England (= the time when many Christians left the Catholic religion and started the Protestant religion) . When MARY I, who was a Catholic, became queen of England, she ordered him to be officially killed by being burned.
  • bishop pine (noun)
    1. two-needled or three-needled piñon mostly of northwestern California coast
  • bishop's cap (noun)
    1. any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's mitre
  • bishop's hat (noun)
    1. slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover
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