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bishop
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bishop
(encz) | bishop,biskup n: Zdeněk Brož |
bishop
(encz) | bishop,střelec n: "kámen v šachu" |
Bishop
(gcide) | Bishop \Bish"op\, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop,
biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr.
Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to,
perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See Spy, and cf.
Episcopal.]
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1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
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Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned
unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. --1 Pet.
ii. 25.
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It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians
of all shades of opinion, that in the language of
the New Testament the same officer in the church is
called indifferently "bishop" ( ? ) and "elder" or
"presbyter." --J. B.
Lightfoot.
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2. In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant
Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of
the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally
claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is
usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese,
bishopric, or see.
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Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a
see which does not actually exist; one who has the office
of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. --Shipley.
Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), a term officially substituted
in 1882 for bishop in partibus.
Bench of Bishops. See under Bench.
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3. In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of
the highest church officers or superintendents.
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4. A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a
representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called
archer.
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5. A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons,
and sugar. --Swift.
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6. An old name for a woman's bustle. [U. S.]
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If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone,
A genuine lady, or a church, is known. --Saxe.
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Bishop
(gcide) | Bishop \Bish"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bishoped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bishoping.]
To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence,
to receive formally to favor.
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Bishop
(gcide) | Bishop \Bish"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bishoped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bishoping.] [From the name of the scoundrel who first
practiced it. Youatt.] (Far.)
To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to
bishop an old horse or his teeth.
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Note: The plan adopted is to cut off all the nippers with a
saw to the proper length, and then with a cutting
instrument the operator scoops out an oval cavity in
the corner nippers, which is afterwards burnt with a
hot iron until it is black. --J. H. Walsh.
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bishop
(gcide) | Bustle \Bus"tle\, n.
A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by
women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also
bishop, and tournure.
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bishop
(wn) | bishop
n 1: 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: port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
3: (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied
squares of the same color |
BISHOP
(bouvier) | BISHOP. An ecclesiastical officer, who is the chief of the clergy of his
diocese, and is the archbishop's assistant. Happily for this country, these
officers are not recognized by law. They derive all their authority from the
churches over which they preside. Bishop's COURT, Eng. law. An
ecclesiastical court held in the cathedral of each diocese, the judge of
which is the bishop's chancellor.
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