Definitions for Bishop

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Bishop bish·op

Spelling: [bish-uh p]

IPA: /ˈbɪʃ əp/

Bishop is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in Bishop (bhiops).

Definitions for Bishop

noun

1. a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry.
2. a spiritual supervisor, overseer, or the like.
3. Chess. one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any unobstructed distance diagonally, one on white squares and the other on black.
4. a hot drink made of port wine, oranges, cloves, etc.
5. Also called bishop bird. any of several colorful African weaverbirds of the genus Euplectes, often kept as pets.
6. Elizabeth, 1911–79, U.S. poet.
7. Hazel (Gladys) 1906–1998, U.S. chemist and businesswoman.
8. John Peale, 1892–1944, U.S. poet and essayist.
9. Morris (Gilbert) 1893–1973, U.S. humorist, poet, and biographer.
10. William Avery ("Billy") 1894–1956, Canadian aviator: helped to establish Canadian air force.

verb (used with object)

1. to appoint to the office of bishop.

Origin of Bishop

before 900; Middle English; Old English bisc(e)op Vulgar Latin *ebiscopus, for Late Latin episcopus Greek epískopos overseer, equivalent to epi- epi- + skopós watcher;

Examples for Bishop

Art surely no mere clerk, but bishop or cardinal at the least.

His big break came in 1992 when an aging cardinal plucked him from his outback and persuaded the Vatican to make him a bishop.

The bishop admitted it, as in the case of Nebuchadnezzar's image.

Jessen was named a Mormon bishop, but the appointment was met with vocal protests.

One bishop paid with his life when his car was run off the road.

At last the bishop turned towards the assistants and sprinkled them in their turn.

"I hurt my leg and cannot ride," quoth the bishop's champion.

“Very few district attorneys are willing to go after a bishop,” says Berry.

The same spiritual sense prompted the bishop to seek justice for the slain activists.

"You are putting the bishop into the place of the knight," said Clarence.