bishop
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
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.
Verb 3 meanings
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
To make a bishop.
To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
“1727, R. Bradley, Family Dict. at "Horse" This way of making a Horse look young is... called Bishoping.”
Etymology
From Middle English bischop, bishop, bisshop, biscop, from Old English bisċop (“bishop”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskop, from Vulgar Latin (e)biscopus, from classical Latin episcopus (“overseer, supervisor”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), used in Greek and Latin both generally and as a title of civil officers.
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BISHOP at a glance
BISHOP has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (B 3 + I 1 + S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + P 3) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,670 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bishop
All rhymes- SHOP9
- WORKSHOP20
- ARCHBISHOP22
- PHOTOSHOP19
- CHOP11
- BOOKSHOP19
- BARBERSHOP19
- SWEATSHOP17
- PAWNSHOP18
- BELLHOP14
- WHOP12
- TOYSHOP15
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