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obispo [u.bis.pu.] : bishop (n.)
Related words: arsobispo; obispado

Derivatives of obispo


Glosses:
bishop
n. (person)1. bishopa 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 catholicthe 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 churchderived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites.
~ anglican church, anglican communion, church of englandthe 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.
~ archbishopa 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.
~ diocesana bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese.
~ eparcha bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church.
~ exarcha bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan.
~ exarcha bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America.
~ priesta clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders.
~ primusthe presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland.
~ suffragan, suffragan bishopan assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese.
~ vicar apostolica 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 berkeleyIrish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753).
~ eusebius, eusebius of caesareaChristian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340).
~ ignatius, saint ignatius, st. ignatiusbishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110).
~ martin, st. martinFrench bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397).
~ nicholas, saint nicholas, st. nicholasa bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century).
~ bishop ulfila, bishop ulfilas, bishop wulfila, ulfila, ulfilas, wulfilaa 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. bishopport wine mulled with oranges and cloves.
~ mulled winewine 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, chessa 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, chessmanany of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.