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      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.
      A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
      (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.
      A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
      A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
      (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation.
      (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
      A locale in the United States.
      A city in Inyo County, California; named for nearby Bishop Creek, itself named for early settler Samuel Addison Bishop.
      A town in Oconee County, Georgia; named for local landowner W. H. Bishop.
      An unincorporated community in Forest City Township, Mason County, Illinois; named for landowner Henry Bishop.
      An unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland.
      A city in Nueces County, Texas; named for landowner F. Z. Bishop.
      An unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia and McDowell County, West Virginia, located on the state line.
      A ghost town in Whitman County, Washington; named for two early settlers.
      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.
      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.]
      (religion, nonstandard) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
      (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
      (obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
      (obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
      (US, archaic) A bustle.
      (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.
      (Christianity) To make a bishop.
      (by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
      (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).
      (by extension, jocularly, obsolete) To confirm (in its other senses).
      (Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
      (UK, colloquial, obsolete) To murder by drowning.
      Roots
      episkoposbishop- · Greek · overseer
      Synonyms for bishop
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      Words related to bishop
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