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biskup — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

biskup is used for these senses in English:

  • bishop (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.

bishop — full definition

  1. noun A senior clergy member who oversees churches and priests within a district (a diocese).
  2. noun A chess piece that moves diagonally.

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