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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bishop

1	n	a senior member of the Christian clergy 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
2	n	(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
3	n	port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bishop

n a senior member of the Christian clergy 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

Examples:: show 11 examples...; hide 11 examples...; Saint Ambrose
(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397); Bishop Berkeley
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753); Eusebius of Caesarea
Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340); Saint Ignatius
bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110); St. Martin
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397); Saint Nicholas
a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century); Bishop Ulfilas
a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382); Saint Anselm
an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God; Saint Thomas a Becket
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170); Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine
Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621); Cesare Borgia
Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; archbishop
a bishop of highest rank; cardinal
(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes; diocesan
a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese; eparch
a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church; exarch
a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan; exarch
a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America; primus
the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland; suffragan, suffragan bishop
an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese; vicar apostolic
a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area; dean
(Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals; metropolitan
in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

Type of:: priest
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

n (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

Type of:: chess piece, chessman
any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

n port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

Type of:: mulled wine
wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit

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