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  1. Bishop
    [surname] Bishop is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: Category:English-language surnames ...
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  2. Bishop
    [Latter Day Saints] Bishop is the highest priesthood office of the Aaronic priesthood in the Latter Day Saint movement, and is leader of the Aaronic priesthood in a given ward or congregation. It is almost always held by one who already holds the Melchizedek Priesthood office of high priest ...
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  3. Bishop
    [artillery] The Bishop was a British self-propelled artillery vehicle based on the Valentine tank. A result of a rushed attempt to create a self-propelled gun armed with the 25 Pounder gun-howitzer, the vehicle had numerous problems, was produced in limited numbers and was soon replaced by b...
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Bishop
    Self-propelled gun/howitzer on Valentine chassis, 1942 [UK]
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  7. 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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  8. Bishop
    Bish'op noun [ Middle English bischop , biscop , bisceop , Anglo-Saxon bisceop , biscop , Latin episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, from Greek ... , ... over + ... inspector, fro...
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  9. 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 formall...
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  10. 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 .] ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/57

  11. 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 o...
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  12. bishop
    noun (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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  1. bishop
    noun port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
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  2. 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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  3. 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. •...
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  4. 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...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/69

  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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 hi...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?boys/Bishop

  8. Bishop
    [disambiguation] A bishop is a person of authority in a Christian church. In particular, see also: ==People== ==Characters== ==Education== ==Geography== ==Music== ==Other fields== ...
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  9. Bishop
    [comics] Bishop was a member of Xavier`s Security Enforcers (initially called the Xavier School Enforcers), a mutant police force from a dystopian future of the Marvel Universe. He traveled to the 20th century and joined the X-Men, a team he knew only as legends. A brash antihero, he had dif...
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  10. Bishop
    [chess] A bishop (♗,♝) is a piece in the board game of chess. Each player begins the game with two bishops. One starts between the king`s knight and the king, the other between the queen`s knight and the queen. In algebraic notation the starting squares are c1 and f1 for White`s bishops,...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(chess)

  11. Bishop
    A bishop (English translation of the biblical Greek επίσκοπος episcopos "supervisor, protector") is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthod...
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  12. bishop
    bishop: see orders, holy.
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  13. Bishop
    Bishop is the highest of the three orders in the Christian ministry - bishops, priests, and deacons - in such churches as recognize three grades. The name is derived from the Greek episkopos, meaning literally an overseer, through the Anglo-Saxon biscop, bisceop. Originally in the Christian church, ...
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