Definitions for bishop



Overview of noun bishop

The noun bishop has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) bishop

(a senior member of the Christian clergy 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)

2. bishop

(port wine mulled with oranges and cloves)

3. bishop

((chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color)

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