bishop
An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or an…An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, 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.
» The bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
Meaning
12 sensesAn overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, 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.
An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, 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.
(nonstandard)A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
Bischof, Bischöfin
епи́скопjepískop
єпи́скопjepýskop
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
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.
Läufer
слонslon, офице́рoficér
слонslon, офіце́рoficér
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
(dialectal)A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
(obsolete)The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
(obsolete)Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
(US, archaic)A bustle.
(UK, archaic, dialectal)A children's smock or pinafore.
Examples
62 sentencesThe bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
Tom checked the king with his bishop.
Том поставив шах слоном.
I think this bishop is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
ruЯ думаю, этот слон — это волк в овечьей шкуре.
deIch glaube, dieser Bischof ist ein Wolf im Schafsfell.
His bishop has been captured.
Його слона побили.
She forked his bishop and queen.
Вона поставила виделку його слону та ферзю.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bischop, bishop, bisshop, biscop, from Old English bisċop (“bishop”),From Middle English bischop, bishop, bisshop, biscop, from Old English bisċop (“bishop”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskop, from Vulgar Latin (e)biscopus, from classical Latin episcopus (“overseer, supervisor”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), used in Greek and Latin both generally and as a title of civil officers. Cognate with all European terms for the position in various Christian churches; compare also Middle English bisp (“bishop”).
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