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Bishop
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Bishop
[surname] Bishop is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: Category:English-language surnames ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(surname)
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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 ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)
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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... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(artillery)
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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 Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=bishop
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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... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Self-propelled gun/howitzer on Valentine chassis, 1942 [UK]
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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. Found op http://www.stpeter.dircon.co.uk/pages/glossary/glossaryb.htm
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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, fro... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/57
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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 formall... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/57
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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 .] ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/57
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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... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?bishop
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noun (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bishop
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noun port wine mulled with oranges and cloves Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bishop
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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 Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bishop
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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. •... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/bishop/
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(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
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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] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/69
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any of several small African birds belonging to the family Ploceidae (order Passeriformes) and constituting the genus Euplectes. The breeding males ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/69
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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 hi... Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?boys/Bishop
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Bishop
[disambiguation] A bishop is a person of authority in a Christian church. In particular, see also: ==People== ==Characters== ==Education== ==Geography== ==Music== ==Other fields== ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(disambiguation)
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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... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(comics)
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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)
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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... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop
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bishop: see orders, holy. Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0910923.html
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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, ... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/CXB.HTM
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