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bishop
  1. (Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman 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.
    1. (religion) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
    2. (obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
    3. (obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
    4. The chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
  2. (chess) 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.
  3. Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
  4. (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the genus Coccinellidae.
  5. (alcoholic beverages‎) A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
  6. (US, archaic) A bustle.
  7. (Britain, dialectal, archaic) A children's smock or pinafore.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “The brothers' father was also an Anglican bishop of Low Church or Evangelical faith.”
bishopric
  1. A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
  2. The office or function of a bishop.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The noose became even tighter when the bishopric of Prague was subordinated to the German archbishopric of Mainz.”
      “The Domenican prelate had reluctantly accepted the papal tiara in 1724, leaving with great regret his bishopric in Benevento.”
      “And it was in York that he established a bishopric, probably because that had been the centre of the old Romano-British diocese.”
bishopess
  1. A female bishop.
  2. The wife of a bishop.
bish
  1. (Britain, slang, dated) A mistake.
  2. (archaic or slang) bishop
  3. Synonyms:
bishopdom
bishophood
  1. The state, condition, or office of a bishop; the episcopate.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I find he was really of religious nature, and thought in secret, in spite of his bishophood, very much in regard to religion as we do.”
bishoprick
  1. Obsolete spelling of bishopric
bishopricks
  1. plural of bishoprick
bishoprics
bishopdoms
bishopesses
  1. plural of bishopess
bishops
bishes
  1. plural of bish
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Hillman, also a former state police commander and now a professor at Mount Wachusett Community College, is a friend of the Bishes.”
      “She thanked the Bishes for their work and for organizing the event and also acknowledged the educational work under way by the Molly Bish Foundation.”
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