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Noun bishop has 3 senses
- bishop - a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ
--1 is a kind of priest
--1 has particulars: | | archbishop; cardinal; diocesan; eparch; exarch; exarch; primus; suffragan, suffragan bishop; vicar apostolic; Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose; Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley; Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea; Ignatius, Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius; Martin, St. Martin; Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas; Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila |
- bishop - port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
--2 is a kind of mulled wine
- bishop - (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
--3 is a kind of chessman, chess piece
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