| Bishop |
n. |
A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. |
| Bishop |
n. |
In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. |
| Bishop |
n. |
In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents. |
| Bishop |
n. |
A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter;
formerly called archer. |
| Bishop |
n. |
A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar. |
| Bishop |
n. |
An old name for a woman's bustle. |
| Bishop |
v. t. |
To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor. |
| Bishop |
v. t. |
To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth. |
| Bishop sleeve |
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A wide sleeve, once worn by women. |
| Bishop's cap |
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A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. |
| Bishop's length |
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A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56. |
| Bishop's-weed |
n. |
An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. |
| Bishop's-weed |
n. |
Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria). |
| Bishop's-wort |
n. |
Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush. |
| Bishop-stool |
n. |
A bishop's seat or see. |
| Bishopdom |
n. |
Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. |
| Bishoped |
imp. & p. p. |
of Bishop |
| Bishoped |
imp. & p. p. |
of Bishop |
| Bishoping |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Bishop |
| Bishoping |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Bishop |
| Bishoplike |
a. |
Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. |
| Bishoply |
a. |
Bishoplike; episcopal. |
| Bishoply |
adv. |
In the manner of a bishop. |
| Bishopric |
n. |
A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends. |
| Bishopric |
n. |
The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter. |
