noun

bishop

BIH-shuhp

noun

A senior clergy member who oversees churches and priests within a district (a diocese).

"The bishop visited the parish to confirm a new group of teenagers."

A chess piece that moves diagonally.

"She sacrificed her bishop to open up an attack on the king."

How to Use Bishop

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishEither a high-ranking church official, or the diagonal-moving piece in chess.

Common pairings

appoint a bishop the bishop of (place) trade bishops (chess)

Word Forms

bishoped past tense, bishopped past tense, bishoped past tense, bishopped past tense, bishops plural, Bishops plural, bishops singular, bishops singular

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The _____ visited the parish to confirm a new group of teenagers.

Etymology

From Old English bisceop, from Latin episcopus ("overseer"), from Greek episkopos ("one who watches over"), from epi- ("over") + skopos ("watcher"). The same Greek root gives us words like "scope" and "telescope".

Synonyms

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diocesan bishop suffragan bishop ordinary hierarch consecrator

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Rhymes for bishop

archbishop

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