Look up: bishop

1. 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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2. 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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3. Bishop
   Self-propelled gun/howitzer on Valentine chassis, 1942 [UK]
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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 .] ...
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9. 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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10. bishop
    noun (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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11. bishop
    noun port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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...
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18. bishop
    bishop: see orders, holy.
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19. 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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20. Bishop
    The Bishop was a British self-propelled gun of the Second World War. The Bishop was designed to relieve the North African 25-pounder batteries of their role as anti-tank weapons, and was first produced in 1941. A 25-pounder gun was mounted on a Valentine tank chassis in a high sided slab turret, a d...
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21. Bishop
    Bishop (also known as purple wine) is a drink made from red wine, either hot or cold, over ripe bitter oranges and then sweetened and spiced. In Germany, bishop is a drink made of wine, sugar, nutmeg and orange or lemon.
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22. Bishop
    Type: Term Pronunciation: bish′ŏp Definitions: 1. Louis F., U.S. physician, 1864-1941. See: Bishop sphygmoscope
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23. 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 congregation, but in the Roman Catholic Church they are appointed by the pope, although in some countries, such ...
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24. bishop
    high-ranking official in the Church of England.
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25. Bishop
    A `bishop` 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 Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in th...
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