Word Finder - bishop

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(Christianity) 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.

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(obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.

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(obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.

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A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.

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(chess) 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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Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.

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(dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.

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A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.

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A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.

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(US, archaic) A bustle.

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(UK, dialectal, archaic) A children's smock or pinafore.

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(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.

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(Christianity) To make a bishop.

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(Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.

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(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).

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(by extension, of equestrianism) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.

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(UK, colloquial, obsolete) To murder by drowning.

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