bishop
The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the…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.
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» The bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
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Examples
61 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. — deniko
I think this bishop is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
ruЯ думаю, этот слон — это волк в овечьей шкуре. — User55521
deIch glaube, dieser Bischof ist ein Wolf im Schafsfell. — al_ex_an_der
Meaning
12 sensesThe 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
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
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.
Bischof, Bischöfin
епи́скопjepískop
єпи́скопjepýskop
More meanings 9
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
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.
(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.
(dialectal)A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
(US, archaic)A bustle.
(UK, archaic, dialectal)A children's smock or pinafore.
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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