bishop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭsh'əp
ipa: /ˈbɪʃəp/
Forms: form: bishops
form: byshop
Etymology: 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 bisp.
Senses: examples: text: King James of blessed memory said, no Bishop, no King: it was not he, but others that added, No Ceremony, no Bishop.
ref: 1641, “Smectymnuus”, in Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr., §16. 208:
text: St. Ignatius... In his 'Epiſtle to the Magneſians,' he exhorts them to do all things in the love of God, telling them, the Biſhop preſides in the place of God...
ref: 1715, William Hendley, A Defence of the Church of England, section 16:
text: These ministers were at first confined to the three orders of bishops, priests, and deacons.
ref: 1845, J. Lingard, Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church, 3rd edition, I. iv. 146:
text: It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the Church is called indifferently ‘bishop’ ἐπίσκοπος and ‘elder’ or ‘presbyter’ πρεσβύτερος.
ref: 1868, Joseph Barber Lightfoot, St. Paul's epistle to the Philippians, section 93:
text: The Jubilee Mass had a special solemnity due to the presence of two exiled Chinese bishops—Thomas Cardinal Tien, Archbishop of Peking, and Bishop Joseph Yuen, of Chu-ma-tien, Honan—as well as the recently named bishop of Taichung, Formosa, Most Rev. William Kupfer, MM, who was in the United States to attend the Maryknoll General Chapter.
ref: 2013, Maureen Abbott, New Lights from Old Truths: Living the Signs of the Times, volume IV, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 375:
topics: Christianity
hypernyms: cleric
glosses: 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.
examples: text: The Caliphaes of the Sarasins were kings and chiefe bishops in their religion.
ref: 1586, Pierre de la Primaudaye, translated by Thomas Bowes, The French Academie, I. 633:
text: The Byshop of Egypt is called the Souldan.
ref: 1615, William Bedwell, Arabian Trudgman in translating Mohammedis Imposturæ, sig. N4
text: […] which explains the beheading of the Muslim Bishop of Lisbon, soon after the Reconquista.
ref: 2001, José Carlos Valle Pérez, Jorge Rodrigues, El arte románico en Galicia y Portugal, page 254:
text: The [holder of the office of] Imam [of Monrovia] is commonly referred to, both in conversation and in the press, as ‘the Muslim Bishop’.
ref: 2018, Merran Fraenkel, Tribe and Class in Monrovia, page 139:
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
hypernyms: cleric
glosses: 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.
A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
examples: text: They gave away corn, not cash; and Cicero was made bishop, or overseer, of this public victualling.
ref: 1808, The Monthly Magazine and British Register, 26 109:
glosses: The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
examples: text: There is no place we see privileged from temptations, no desert so solitary but the devil will seek it out; no pinnacle so high but the devil is a bishop over it, to visit and overlook it.
ref: a. 1627 (date written), Lancelot Andrewes, “Seven Sermons upon the Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness. Sermon IV.”, in J[ohn] P[osthumous] W[ilson], editor, Ninety-six Sermons […], volume V, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Henry Parker, published 1843, →OCLC, page 516:
glosses: Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
glosses: A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
examples: text: The Bishoppes some name Alphins, some fooles, and some name them Princes; other some call them Archers.
ref: 1562, Rowbotham in Archaeologia, XXIV. 203
text: A Bishop or Archer, who is commonly figured with his head cloven.
ref: 1656, Gioachino Greco, “The royall game of chesse-play, being the study of Biochimo”, in Francis Beale, transl., (Please provide the book title or journal name):
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: 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.
glosses: Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
examples: text: ‘Bishop, Bishop-Barnabee,
Tell me when my wedding shall be;
If it be to-morrow day,
Ope your wings and fly away.
ref: 1875, William Douglas Parish, A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect:
glosses: A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
glosses: A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
examples: text: Well roasted, with Sugar and Wine in a Cup,
They'll make a sweet Bishop.
ref: ante''' 1745, Jonathan Swift, Women who cry Apples in Works (1746), VIII. 192
text: A bowl of that liquor called Bishop, which Johnson had always liked.
ref: 1791, J. Boswell, Life of Johnson, anno 1752 I. 135
text: Spicy bishop, drink divine.
ref: 1801, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems, II. 169:
glosses: A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
examples: text: If, by her bishop, or her 'grace' alone,
A genuine lady, or a church, is known.
ref: c. 1860, John Saxe, Progress:
glosses: A bustle.
examples: text: Here; tak him, an wesh him; an' put him a clen bishop on.
ref: 1874, Evelyn Waugh in Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.)
glosses: A children's smock or pinafore.
Synonyms: sense: normally
word: diocesan bishop
word: suffragan bishop
sense: canon law
word: ordinary
sense: Eastern Orthodoxy
word: hierarch
sense: as creators of priests
word: consecrator
Hyponyms: sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; higher-ranking
word: archbishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: cardinal
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: eparch
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: exarch
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: metropolitan
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: metropolitan bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: primate
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; retired
word: bishop emeritus
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; highest-ranking
word: catholicos
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: major archbishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: patriarch
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: pope
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; lower-ranking
word: coadjutor bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: assistant bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: auxiliary bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; territorial sovereigns
word: prince-bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: prince-archbishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: Prince of the Church
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; as creators of other bishops
word: principal consecrator
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
word: principal co-consecrator
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; as over a diocese without a congregation
word: titular bishop
Derived terms: word: Bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: antibishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: archbishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: assistant bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: assistant-bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: auxiliary bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bash the bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop Auckland
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop Barker
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop Burton
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop coadjutor
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-coadjutor
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-commissioner
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-designate
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-designed
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopdom
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-elect
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop emeritus
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopess
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopful
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishophood
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishoping
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopist
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-leaves
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopless
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishoplet
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishoplike
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopling
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishoply
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop Monkton
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop pawn
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop plover
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopric
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishoprick
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishopric of the Forces
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishops' Bible
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Bible
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishops Cannings
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's-cap
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's cap
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Castle
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Cleeve
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Clyst
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's collar
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's court
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-seat
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-see
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's elder
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Falls
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishopsgate
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's-hat
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopship
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Hull
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Itchington
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop sleeve
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's length
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishops Lydeard
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Nympton
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's sleeve
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Stortford
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Tawton
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishopsteignton
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop's Waltham
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopsweed
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's-weed
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's weed
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's wort
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop's-wort
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop to the Forces
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop-weed
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishopwick
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Bishop Wilton
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: bishop wort
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Cheriton Bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: coadjutor bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: cobishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Compton Bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: diocesan bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: French bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: highbishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Lord Bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: metropolitan bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: presiding bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: prince-bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: ruling bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: said the actress to the bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: suffragan bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Synod of Bishops
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: titular bishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: unbishop
sense: church official, supervisor of priests and congregations; included in place names
word: Wickham Bishops
word: bishop bird
word: bishop-bird
word: black bishop
word: Angola black bishop
word: northern black bishop
word: southern black bishop
word: Cape bishop
word: fire-crowned bishop
word: fire-fronted bishop
word: flog the bishop
word: golden-backed bishop
word: orange bishop
word: red bishop
word: black-winged red bishop
word: northern red bishop
word: southern red bishop
word: yellow bishop
word: yellow-crowned bishop
word: Zanzibar red bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: abbot-bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: as the actress said to the bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: bad bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: beat the bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: bishop of Rome
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: bishop wood
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: bop the bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: boy-bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: boy bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: cardinal bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: even-bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: flying bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: good bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: missionary bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: prince bishop
sense: other terms with "bishop". Unsorted
word: smoking bishop
Related terms: word: Bp.
word: bishopess
word: episcopal
word: Episcopalian
word: episcopate
word: bishopric
sense: forms of address
word: your Grace
word: your Excellency
word: my Lord
word: my Lord Bishop
sense: styles
word: Most Reverend
word: Right Reverend
sense: territory
word: diocese
word: see
sense: headquarters
word: cathedral
word: catholicon
word: katholikon
word: sobor
topics: clothing
textiles
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
business
word: alb
word: amice
word: biretta
english: stockings
translation: stockings
word: buskins
word: cappa magna
word: cassalb
word: cassock
word: chasuble
word: choir dress
word: cope
english: tunic
translation: tunic
word: dalmatic
english: cuffs
translation: cuffs
word: epimanikia
word: episcopal gloves
word: episcopal sandals
word: epitrachil
english: mantle
translation: mantle
word: mantya
english: hat
translation: hat
word: mitre
word: omophor
word: phelonion
alt: surplice
word: rochet
word: sakkos
word: sticharion
word: stole
word: tunicle
word: vestment
english: skullcap
translation: skullcap
word: zucchetto
sense: accessories
word: bugia
english: throne
translation: throne
word: cathedra
english: staff
translation: staff
word: crozier
word: dikirion
word: engolpion
word: epigonation
word: episcopal ring
english: sash
translation: sash
word: fashia
word: maniple
english: rug
translation: rug
word: orletz
word: panagia
word: pectoral cross
word: trikirion
english: belt
translation: belt
word: zone