bishop

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noun

1. 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 (Freq. 6)
• Derivationally related forms:
episcopal
• Topics:
Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Church of England, Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church,
Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church,
Church of Rome, Roman Church
• Hypernyms:
priest
• Hyponyms:
archbishop, cardinal, diocesan, eparch, exarch,
primus, suffragan, suffragan bishop, vicar apostolic
• Instance Hyponyms:
Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose, Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley,
George Berkeley, Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Ignatius, Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius,
Martin, St. Martin, Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas, Ulfilas,
Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila
2. port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
• Hypernyms:
mulled wine
3. (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
• Topics:
chess, chess game
• Hypernyms:
chessman, chess piece