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n. (person) | 1. 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. |
| ~ church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. |
| ~ eastern church, eastern orthodox, eastern orthodox church, orthodox catholic church, orthodox church | derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites. |
| ~ anglican church, anglican communion, church of england | the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head. |
| ~ archbishop | a bishop of highest rank. |
| ~ cardinal | (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes. |
| ~ diocesan | a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese. |
| ~ eparch | a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church. |
| ~ exarch | a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan. |
| ~ exarch | a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America. |
| ~ priest | a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders. |
| ~ primus | the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland. |
| ~ suffragan, suffragan bishop | an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese. |
| ~ vicar apostolic | a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area. |
| ~ ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose | (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397). |
| ~ berkeley, bishop berkeley, george berkeley | Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753). |
| ~ eusebius, eusebius of caesarea | Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340). |
| ~ ignatius, saint ignatius, st. ignatius | bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110). |
| ~ martin, st. martin | French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397). |
| ~ nicholas, saint nicholas, st. nicholas | a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century). |
| ~ bishop ulfila, bishop ulfilas, bishop wulfila, ulfila, ulfilas, wulfila | a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382). |
n. (food) | 2. bishop | port wine mulled with oranges and cloves. |
| ~ mulled wine | wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit. |
n. (artifact) | 3. bishop | (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color. |
| ~ chess game, chess | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
| ~ chess piece, chessman | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess. |
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