episcopus — 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
episcopus 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 (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.
bishop — full definition
- noun A senior clergy member who oversees churches and priests within a district (a diocese).
- noun A chess piece that moves diagonally.