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bishop

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
bishop /ˈbɪʃəp/ noun
plural bishops
bishop
/ˈbɪʃəp/
noun
plural bishops
Learner's definition of BISHOP
[count]
: an official in some Christian religions who is ranked higher than a priest and who is usually in charge of church matters in a specific geographical area(某些基督教的)主教
: a piece in the game of chess that moves across the board at an angle(国际象棋中的)象 see picture at chess
BNC: 2221 COCA: 3437

bishop

noun

bish·​op ˈbi-shəp How to pronounce bishop (audio)
plural bishops
1
: someone having spiritual or ecclesiastical supervision over others: such as
a
: an Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, or Roman Catholic clergyperson ranking above a priest, having authority to ordain and confirm, and typically governing a diocese
b
: any of various Protestant clerical officials who superintend other clergy
c
: a Mormon high priest presiding over a ward or over all other bishops and over the Aaronic priesthood
2
: either of two pieces of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to move diagonally across any number of adjoining unoccupied squares
3
: mulled port wine flavored with oranges and cloves

Example Sentences

the Bishop of New York
Recent Examples on the Web In that role as well as that previously as a bishop in northeastern Italy, Luciani sounded warnings against corruption, including in banking circles. Fox News, 4 Sep. 2022 He was ordained as a bishop in 432 A.D., and sent by Pope Celestine I to Ireland to spread Christianity and support the Christians already living there. Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022 Moreover, it is believed that Brigid, despite being a woman, was ordained as a bishop. New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022 This is Rohrer's third appearance on Total SF, and their first since being confirmed as the first transgender bishop in the Lutheran Church. Total Sf Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2022 Attempting to make the Catholic Church more simple and appealing to the mainstream culture has proved disastrous, according to the most famous bishop in the United States. Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022 He was elected at the 2015 general convention to serve a nine-year term as presiding bishop. Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2022 The church bishop, Abdul Masih Bakhit, was also among the dead. Samy Magdy, ajc, 15 Aug. 2022 The church bishop, Abdul Masih Bakhit, was also among the dead at the hospital morgue. Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English bisshop, from Old English bisceop, from Late Latin episcopus, from Greek episkopos, literally, overseer, from epi- + skeptesthai to look — more at spy

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bishop was before the 12th century
BNC: 2221 COCA: 3437
bishop

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + BISHOP | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEAnglican, Catholic, Orthodox, etc.英國國教、天主教、東正教等主教diocesan教區主教He's the diocesan bishop and he has three suffragan bishops to help him.他是教區主教,有 3 位副主教協助他。assistant, suffragan助理主教;副主教VERB + BISHOPappoint, appoint sb (as), be elected, consecrate, make sb, ordain任命(某人為)主教;被推舉為主教;任命主教succeed sb as接替某人擔任主教PREPOSITIONbishop of⋯的主教He was appointed Bishop of Palm Beach.他被任命為棕櫚灘的主教。

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