BISHOP
/ˈbɪʃəp/
13
Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition
/ˈbɪʃəp/
noun
- 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.
- The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
- Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
- 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.
verb
- 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 provide with bishops.
- To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
- (by extension, of horses) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
Source: Wiktionary
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