Look up: Bishop

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   Bishop
   Bishop is a city in Inyo County California, USA. Bishop is a township in Effingham County Illinois, USA. Bishop is a city in Nueces County Texas, USA. Bishop is a town in Oconee County Georgia, USA.
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   bishop
   [n] - a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority 2. [n] - port wine mulled with oranges and cloves 3. [n] - (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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   bishop
   Priest next in rank to an archbishop in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican churches. A bishop has charge of a district called a diocese. Originally, bishops were chosen by the...
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   Bishop
   Self-propelled gun/howitzer on Valentine chassis, 1942 [UK]
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   bishop
   beverage obtained by adding to cold or warm wine,sugar,lemon,oranges or spices.Mulled wine is served hot Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Bishop
   (From the Greek word episkopos: supervisor). In the early church, he was a chief priest at a church. Later, the role became that of a priest with administrative duties over a group of churches within a geographical area called a diocese.
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   Bishop
   Bish'op noun [ Middle English bischop , biscop , bisceop , Anglo-Saxon bisceop , biscop , Latin episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, from Greek ... , ... over + ... inspector, from root of ... , ... , to look to, perhaps akin to Latin specere to look at. See Spy , and confer Episcopal .] ...
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   Bishop
   Bish'op transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bishoped ; present participle & verbal noun Bishoping .] To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
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   Bishop
   Bish'op transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bishoped ; present participle & verbal noun Bishoping .] [ From the name of the scoundrel who first practiced it. Youatt .] (Far.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth. The plan adopted is to cut off all the ni ...
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    bishop
    1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. 'Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.' (1 Pet. Ii. 25) 'It is a fact now generally recognised by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the new Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently 'bish ...
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    bishop
    noun (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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    bishop
    noun port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
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    bishop
    noun a clergyman 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
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    Bishop
    A `bishop` is an ordained member of the Christian clergy. In those Christian churches that maintain an episcopal form of church government, a bishop holds a position of authority. Their roles can differ significantly in the various denominations.
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    Bishop
    • (n.) A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar. • (v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor. • (n.) An old name for a woman`s bustle. • (n.) A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. • (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican o...
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    bishop
    (from the article `chess`) There were also some subtle changes in thinking from the 1970s through the `90s about conducting the late opening and early middlegame stages of a ... Each player has two bishops, and they begin the game at c1 and f1 for White, c8 and f8 for Black. A bishop can move to any unobstructed square on the ... ......
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    bishop
    in some Christian churches, the chief pastor and overseer of a diocese, an area containing several congregations. Although the New Testament mentions ... [42 related articles]
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    bishop
    any of several small African birds belonging to the family Ploceidae (order Passeriformes) and constituting the genus Euplectes. The breeding males ...
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    Bishop
    Bishop is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `overseer` Bishop doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Bishop appeared In the top-1000 was 10 years ago, In 1998. It ranked #961 In that year. . 1890 was a `top year` for the name Bishop. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #416. Our records g
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    bishop
    bishop: see orders, holy.
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