bishop
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's…To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
» The bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
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7 sensesTo act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
To make a bishop.
1549, H. Latimer, 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie, 5th Serm. sig. Pviv Thys hathe bene often tymes... sene in preachers before they were byshoppyd or benificed.
(rare)To provide with bishops.
(UK, dialectal)To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
(broadly)To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
1727, R. Bradley, Family Dict. at "Horse" This way of making a Horse look young is... called Bishoping.
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
(broadly, obsolete)To confirm (in its other senses).
(UK, colloquial, obsolete)To murder by drowning.
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. — 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
His bishop has been captured.
Його слона побили. — deniko
She forked his bishop and queen.
Вона поставила виделку його слону та ферзю. — deniko
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”).
Eponymous, from the surname Bishop.
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Forms
bishops, bishoping, bishoped, bishopedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle