епископ — meaning in English

English meaning

• bishop noun A senior clergy member who oversees churches and priests within a district (a diocese).
• primate noun A mammal belonging to the group that includes apes, monkeys, humans, and lemurs.

Senses

епископ 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.

primate — full definition

1. noun A mammal belonging to the group that includes apes, monkeys, humans, and lemurs.
2. noun A high-ranking archbishop or bishop in certain Christian churches.

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