Definition of bishop in English:

bishop

noun ˈbɪʃəpˈbɪʃəp

1A senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.
（基督教）主教
Example sentencesExamples
- At first glance, the statement yesterday from bishops in the Episcopal Church USA looks pretty good.
- The brothers' father was also an Anglican bishop of Low Church or Evangelical faith.
- That governs, ordinarily, the arrangements of priests and bishops and archbishops within the Greek Orthodox Church.
- The local diocesan bishop is charged with enforcement of all these requirements.
- Under the proposal, Lutherans would also accept the historic line of bishops within the Episcopal Church.
- The Catholic position is that there is only one true church of Jesus Christ, and its bishop is in Rome.
- I fear the day when the laity selects the bishop of each diocese.
- The spiritual peerage consists of the archbishops and diocesan bishops of the Church of England.
- About 100 church members joined the bishop of Mississippi here for about an hour-long service here.
- Two senior members of the bishop's staff quit when the service was cancelled amid claims by the Church that the timing was not appropriate.
- With deference to tradition, the cardinals went first, archbishops and bishops followed and the priests came last.
- The understanding of the role of the bishop in a diocese involves seeing the bishop as representing Jesus Christ among the priests and people of his diocese.
- In the end, the episcopate came to the United States through the nonjuring bishops of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
- The most important leader in every large church was a bishop who supervised other clergy.
- The bishops of the Church of England have called upon all Christians to pray for a just and peaceful resolution to this crisis.
- By the sixth century, Christian bishops and clergy had become far more numerous than the civil service.
- The archbishops and bishops of the Church were likewise to contribute soldiers, or an equivalent amount in money.
- The courses themselves are run by the church, with significant participation by the diocesan bishop.
- There needs to be a real sharing of power in the church, especially in choosing pastors and bishops and in supervising church finances.
- Certainly the pope and the church's cardinals and bishops must correct the mistakes of the past.
Synonyms
prelate, diocesan, metropolitan, suffragan, coadjutor
Orthodox Church exarch
2An African weaver bird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage.
寡妇鸟，主教鸟
Genus Euplectes, family Ploceidae: several species, including the red bishop (E. orix), which has scarlet plumage with a black face and underparts
Example sentencesExamples
- Such costs should influence the female's decision of where to start a breeding attempt and might explain why female red bishops do not show a preference for males with many nests.
- The cuckoo was taken from the nest of a red bishop bird.
- I believe the bird upper right in the above photo is an Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus).
- Bright colored feathers of the bishop bird adorn his headdress.
3A chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a mitre, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black.
（国际象棋中的）象
Example sentencesExamples
- Then the two met in the seventh round and drew after 57 moves in an opposite-coloured bishop ending as both kept their title hopes alive.
- The rook is no match for two bishops despite the extra pawns.
- Black simply sacrifices one of the bishops for White's remaining pawn.
- He shouted as he moved his bishop into check mate.
- Unfortunately for White, his queen is overworked; it is the only piece guarding the bishops.
- It may take him many weeks to realize that bishops move only along diagonals and rooks move only along orthorgonals.
- Which of the following pieces is the most potent in a game of chess - the rook, the bishop the knight, the queen or the pawn?
- But white blundered away a pawn when rooks were exchanged, then had to sack his bishop to stop a passed pawn.
- Exchanging dark-squared bishops is of course a useful positional objective but will White have enough compensation?
- For example, thinking that trading a rook and pawn for a bishop and knight is usually an equal trade.
- But this resulted in the immediate loss of a piece as Adams took a pawn with his bishop attacking the black queen.
- Every chess bishop moves on a diagonal, and none of those on black squares ever move to white squares (in the same game).
- To move her bishop to strike his knight would leave the king open on two sides without escape, a checkmate.
- After all, the knight was the only piece guarding the attacked bishop.
- The pawn structure Black obtains with this move does not work well with the bishop on b7.
- You may eventually notice that bishops stay on a single color, that pawns don't move very fast, or that the queen is feared by other pieces.
- Though black got a good attack on the queenside, Prakash defended well and came up with the right moves to win the game in a bishop and pawn ending in 51 moves.
- Each was set up on opposite ends of the board, with each player having two bishops and two rooks.
- He therefore ignored the move, advancing a bishop across the board.
- On the one hand, the pieces were easily distinguishable by easily recognisable symbols atop a pedestal - the King with a crown, the Queen with a coronet and the bishop by a mitre.
4mass noun Mulled and spiced wine.
热果子酒
Example sentencesExamples
- It is sometimes called purple wine and received the name bishop from its colour.
- The 2005 Glaetzer Bishop is dense plum/purple in colour, with crushed black pepper, liquorice and anise on the nose.
- Glogg, gluhwein, poker beer, bishop, toddy, hot punch, flip, rumfustian, and wassail are all of the warmed spirit family.
- Our guide handed out copies of a recipe for bishop, a kind of mulled wine popular in Victorian times at Christmas.

Origin

Old English biscop, bisceop, based on Greek episkopos 'overseer', from epi 'above' + -skopos '-looking'.

The meaning of Old English biscop is literally ‘overseer’, from Greek episkopos, formed from epi ‘above’ and -skopos ‘-looking’.

Rhymes

archbishop

Definition of bishop in US English:

bishop

nounˈbiSHəpˈbɪʃəp

1A senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.
（基督教）主教
Example sentencesExamples
- The most important leader in every large church was a bishop who supervised other clergy.
- At first glance, the statement yesterday from bishops in the Episcopal Church USA looks pretty good.
- The bishops of the Church of England have called upon all Christians to pray for a just and peaceful resolution to this crisis.
- In the end, the episcopate came to the United States through the nonjuring bishops of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
- With deference to tradition, the cardinals went first, archbishops and bishops followed and the priests came last.
- By the sixth century, Christian bishops and clergy had become far more numerous than the civil service.
- The Catholic position is that there is only one true church of Jesus Christ, and its bishop is in Rome.
- There needs to be a real sharing of power in the church, especially in choosing pastors and bishops and in supervising church finances.
- About 100 church members joined the bishop of Mississippi here for about an hour-long service here.
- Two senior members of the bishop's staff quit when the service was cancelled amid claims by the Church that the timing was not appropriate.
- That governs, ordinarily, the arrangements of priests and bishops and archbishops within the Greek Orthodox Church.
- The archbishops and bishops of the Church were likewise to contribute soldiers, or an equivalent amount in money.
- Under the proposal, Lutherans would also accept the historic line of bishops within the Episcopal Church.
- The local diocesan bishop is charged with enforcement of all these requirements.
- I fear the day when the laity selects the bishop of each diocese.
- Certainly the pope and the church's cardinals and bishops must correct the mistakes of the past.
- The courses themselves are run by the church, with significant participation by the diocesan bishop.
- The brothers' father was also an Anglican bishop of Low Church or Evangelical faith.
- The spiritual peerage consists of the archbishops and diocesan bishops of the Church of England.
- The understanding of the role of the bishop in a diocese involves seeing the bishop as representing Jesus Christ among the priests and people of his diocese.
Synonyms
prelate, diocesan, metropolitan, suffragan, coadjutor
2An African weaverbird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage.
寡妇鸟，主教鸟
Genus Euplectes, family Ploceidae: several species, including the red bishop (E. orix), which has scarlet plumage with a black face and underparts
Example sentencesExamples
- The cuckoo was taken from the nest of a red bishop bird.
- Such costs should influence the female's decision of where to start a breeding attempt and might explain why female red bishops do not show a preference for males with many nests.
- I believe the bird upper right in the above photo is an Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus).
- Bright colored feathers of the bishop bird adorn his headdress.
3A chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a miter, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black.
（国际象棋中的）象
Example sentencesExamples
- Unfortunately for White, his queen is overworked; it is the only piece guarding the bishops.
- After all, the knight was the only piece guarding the attacked bishop.
- Then the two met in the seventh round and drew after 57 moves in an opposite-coloured bishop ending as both kept their title hopes alive.
- The pawn structure Black obtains with this move does not work well with the bishop on b7.
- Each was set up on opposite ends of the board, with each player having two bishops and two rooks.
- To move her bishop to strike his knight would leave the king open on two sides without escape, a checkmate.
- Exchanging dark-squared bishops is of course a useful positional objective but will White have enough compensation?
- He therefore ignored the move, advancing a bishop across the board.
- For example, thinking that trading a rook and pawn for a bishop and knight is usually an equal trade.
- But white blundered away a pawn when rooks were exchanged, then had to sack his bishop to stop a passed pawn.
- Which of the following pieces is the most potent in a game of chess - the rook, the bishop the knight, the queen or the pawn?
- On the one hand, the pieces were easily distinguishable by easily recognisable symbols atop a pedestal - the King with a crown, the Queen with a coronet and the bishop by a mitre.
- It may take him many weeks to realize that bishops move only along diagonals and rooks move only along orthorgonals.
- He shouted as he moved his bishop into check mate.
- Black simply sacrifices one of the bishops for White's remaining pawn.
- But this resulted in the immediate loss of a piece as Adams took a pawn with his bishop attacking the black queen.
- Though black got a good attack on the queenside, Prakash defended well and came up with the right moves to win the game in a bishop and pawn ending in 51 moves.
- Every chess bishop moves on a diagonal, and none of those on black squares ever move to white squares (in the same game).
- You may eventually notice that bishops stay on a single color, that pawns don't move very fast, or that the queen is feared by other pieces.
- The rook is no match for two bishops despite the extra pawns.
4Mulled and spiced wine.
热果子酒
Example sentencesExamples
- The 2005 Glaetzer Bishop is dense plum/purple in colour, with crushed black pepper, liquorice and anise on the nose.
- It is sometimes called purple wine and received the name bishop from its colour.
- Our guide handed out copies of a recipe for bishop, a kind of mulled wine popular in Victorian times at Christmas.
- Glogg, gluhwein, poker beer, bishop, toddy, hot punch, flip, rumfustian, and wassail are all of the warmed spirit family.

Origin

Old English biscop, bisceop, based on Greek episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.

词汇	bishop
释义	Definition of bishop in English: bishop noun ˈbɪʃəpˈbɪʃəp 1A senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders. （基督教）主教 Example sentencesExamples At first glance, the statement yesterday from bishops in the Episcopal Church USA looks pretty good. The brothers' father was also an Anglican bishop of Low Church or Evangelical faith. That governs, ordinarily, the arrangements of priests and bishops and archbishops within the Greek Orthodox Church. The local diocesan bishop is charged with enforcement of all these requirements. Under the proposal, Lutherans would also accept the historic line of bishops within the Episcopal Church. The Catholic position is that there is only one true church of Jesus Christ, and its bishop is in Rome. I fear the day when the laity selects the bishop of each diocese. The spiritual peerage consists of the archbishops and diocesan bishops of the Church of England. About 100 church members joined the bishop of Mississippi here for about an hour-long service here. Two senior members of the bishop's staff quit when the service was cancelled amid claims by the Church that the timing was not appropriate. With deference to tradition, the cardinals went first, archbishops and bishops followed and the priests came last. The understanding of the role of the bishop in a diocese involves seeing the bishop as representing Jesus Christ among the priests and people of his diocese. In the end, the episcopate came to the United States through the nonjuring bishops of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. The most important leader in every large church was a bishop who supervised other clergy. The bishops of the Church of England have called upon all Christians to pray for a just and peaceful resolution to this crisis. By the sixth century, Christian bishops and clergy had become far more numerous than the civil service. The archbishops and bishops of the Church were likewise to contribute soldiers, or an equivalent amount in money. The courses themselves are run by the church, with significant participation by the diocesan bishop. There needs to be a real sharing of power in the church, especially in choosing pastors and bishops and in supervising church finances. Certainly the pope and the church's cardinals and bishops must correct the mistakes of the past. Synonyms prelate, diocesan, metropolitan, suffragan, coadjutor Orthodox Church exarch 2An African weaver bird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage. 寡妇鸟，主教鸟 Genus Euplectes, family Ploceidae: several species, including the red bishop (E. orix), which has scarlet plumage with a black face and underparts Example sentencesExamples Such costs should influence the female's decision of where to start a breeding attempt and might explain why female red bishops do not show a preference for males with many nests. The cuckoo was taken from the nest of a red bishop bird. I believe the bird upper right in the above photo is an Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus). Bright colored feathers of the bishop bird adorn his headdress. 3A chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a mitre, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black. （国际象棋中的）象 Example sentencesExamples Then the two met in the seventh round and drew after 57 moves in an opposite-coloured bishop ending as both kept their title hopes alive. The rook is no match for two bishops despite the extra pawns. Black simply sacrifices one of the bishops for White's remaining pawn. He shouted as he moved his bishop into check mate. Unfortunately for White, his queen is overworked; it is the only piece guarding the bishops. It may take him many weeks to realize that bishops move only along diagonals and rooks move only along orthorgonals. Which of the following pieces is the most potent in a game of chess - the rook, the bishop the knight, the queen or the pawn? But white blundered away a pawn when rooks were exchanged, then had to sack his bishop to stop a passed pawn. Exchanging dark-squared bishops is of course a useful positional objective but will White have enough compensation? For example, thinking that trading a rook and pawn for a bishop and knight is usually an equal trade. But this resulted in the immediate loss of a piece as Adams took a pawn with his bishop attacking the black queen. Every chess bishop moves on a diagonal, and none of those on black squares ever move to white squares (in the same game). To move her bishop to strike his knight would leave the king open on two sides without escape, a checkmate. After all, the knight was the only piece guarding the attacked bishop. The pawn structure Black obtains with this move does not work well with the bishop on b7. You may eventually notice that bishops stay on a single color, that pawns don't move very fast, or that the queen is feared by other pieces. Though black got a good attack on the queenside, Prakash defended well and came up with the right moves to win the game in a bishop and pawn ending in 51 moves. Each was set up on opposite ends of the board, with each player having two bishops and two rooks. He therefore ignored the move, advancing a bishop across the board. On the one hand, the pieces were easily distinguishable by easily recognisable symbols atop a pedestal - the King with a crown, the Queen with a coronet and the bishop by a mitre. 4mass noun Mulled and spiced wine. 热果子酒 Example sentencesExamples It is sometimes called purple wine and received the name bishop from its colour. The 2005 Glaetzer Bishop is dense plum/purple in colour, with crushed black pepper, liquorice and anise on the nose. Glogg, gluhwein, poker beer, bishop, toddy, hot punch, flip, rumfustian, and wassail are all of the warmed spirit family. Our guide handed out copies of a recipe for bishop, a kind of mulled wine popular in Victorian times at Christmas. Origin Old English biscop, bisceop, based on Greek episkopos 'overseer', from epi 'above' + -skopos '-looking'. The meaning of Old English biscop is literally ‘overseer’, from Greek episkopos, formed from epi ‘above’ and -skopos ‘-looking’. Rhymes archbishop Definition of bishop in US English: bishop nounˈbiSHəpˈbɪʃəp 1A senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders. （基督教）主教 Example sentencesExamples The most important leader in every large church was a bishop who supervised other clergy. At first glance, the statement yesterday from bishops in the Episcopal Church USA looks pretty good. The bishops of the Church of England have called upon all Christians to pray for a just and peaceful resolution to this crisis. In the end, the episcopate came to the United States through the nonjuring bishops of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. With deference to tradition, the cardinals went first, archbishops and bishops followed and the priests came last. By the sixth century, Christian bishops and clergy had become far more numerous than the civil service. The Catholic position is that there is only one true church of Jesus Christ, and its bishop is in Rome. There needs to be a real sharing of power in the church, especially in choosing pastors and bishops and in supervising church finances. About 100 church members joined the bishop of Mississippi here for about an hour-long service here. Two senior members of the bishop's staff quit when the service was cancelled amid claims by the Church that the timing was not appropriate. That governs, ordinarily, the arrangements of priests and bishops and archbishops within the Greek Orthodox Church. The archbishops and bishops of the Church were likewise to contribute soldiers, or an equivalent amount in money. Under the proposal, Lutherans would also accept the historic line of bishops within the Episcopal Church. The local diocesan bishop is charged with enforcement of all these requirements. I fear the day when the laity selects the bishop of each diocese. Certainly the pope and the church's cardinals and bishops must correct the mistakes of the past. The courses themselves are run by the church, with significant participation by the diocesan bishop. The brothers' father was also an Anglican bishop of Low Church or Evangelical faith. The spiritual peerage consists of the archbishops and diocesan bishops of the Church of England. The understanding of the role of the bishop in a diocese involves seeing the bishop as representing Jesus Christ among the priests and people of his diocese. Synonyms prelate, diocesan, metropolitan, suffragan, coadjutor 2An African weaverbird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage. 寡妇鸟，主教鸟 Genus Euplectes, family Ploceidae: several species, including the red bishop (E. orix), which has scarlet plumage with a black face and underparts Example sentencesExamples The cuckoo was taken from the nest of a red bishop bird. Such costs should influence the female's decision of where to start a breeding attempt and might explain why female red bishops do not show a preference for males with many nests. I believe the bird upper right in the above photo is an Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus). Bright colored feathers of the bishop bird adorn his headdress. 3A chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a miter, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black. （国际象棋中的）象 Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately for White, his queen is overworked; it is the only piece guarding the bishops. After all, the knight was the only piece guarding the attacked bishop. Then the two met in the seventh round and drew after 57 moves in an opposite-coloured bishop ending as both kept their title hopes alive. The pawn structure Black obtains with this move does not work well with the bishop on b7. Each was set up on opposite ends of the board, with each player having two bishops and two rooks. To move her bishop to strike his knight would leave the king open on two sides without escape, a checkmate. Exchanging dark-squared bishops is of course a useful positional objective but will White have enough compensation? He therefore ignored the move, advancing a bishop across the board. For example, thinking that trading a rook and pawn for a bishop and knight is usually an equal trade. But white blundered away a pawn when rooks were exchanged, then had to sack his bishop to stop a passed pawn. Which of the following pieces is the most potent in a game of chess - the rook, the bishop the knight, the queen or the pawn? On the one hand, the pieces were easily distinguishable by easily recognisable symbols atop a pedestal - the King with a crown, the Queen with a coronet and the bishop by a mitre. It may take him many weeks to realize that bishops move only along diagonals and rooks move only along orthorgonals. He shouted as he moved his bishop into check mate. Black simply sacrifices one of the bishops for White's remaining pawn. But this resulted in the immediate loss of a piece as Adams took a pawn with his bishop attacking the black queen. Though black got a good attack on the queenside, Prakash defended well and came up with the right moves to win the game in a bishop and pawn ending in 51 moves. Every chess bishop moves on a diagonal, and none of those on black squares ever move to white squares (in the same game). You may eventually notice that bishops stay on a single color, that pawns don't move very fast, or that the queen is feared by other pieces. The rook is no match for two bishops despite the extra pawns. 4Mulled and spiced wine. 热果子酒 Example sentencesExamples The 2005 Glaetzer Bishop is dense plum/purple in colour, with crushed black pepper, liquorice and anise on the nose. It is sometimes called purple wine and received the name bishop from its colour. Our guide handed out copies of a recipe for bishop, a kind of mulled wine popular in Victorian times at Christmas. Glogg, gluhwein, poker beer, bishop, toddy, hot punch, flip, rumfustian, and wassail are all of the warmed spirit family. Origin Old English biscop, bisceop, based on Greek episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.
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