bishop
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈbɪʃəp/
:
obispo
- The bishop conducted a ceremony to bless the new church.
- priests and bishops
- Catholic bishop
- clergy and bishops
And the the Bishop interprets it in the usual way.
- And the the Bishop interprets it in the usual way.
- So there's Francis Hutchison and then there is Bishop Butler.
- OK, The Bishop of Rizz, the servant of Gods being served.
- And the ward Bishop decides who gets to go on to the temple.
- It's not like the Christ like Catholic Church that you have, you know, bishops and, you know, federal.
- I can't think of it where you have bishops that these guys would be like bishops running churches.
- And now, dear friends, here's Bishop Robert Baron.
- Nevertheless, he is not himself a Bishop.
- If they don't Bishop, the child never sees the hereafter.
- So Daniel, who's the undead, makes himself the unwanted advisor and mentor of Bishop Benjamin.
Examples
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I'll wager when the bishop hears about this, Sister Mary will be transferred in a hurry.
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He told me to confess the facts to the bishop.
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What would the bishop say?
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"How come you were the one the bishop called the minute the body was discovered?"
Fiction book (1990) -
What could possibly have been running through the bishop's head to go to this trouble?
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I have to know what's happening to report to the bishop.
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The bishops will oppose me.
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In an open letter, they accused the bishop of a deliberate isolation policy.
Academic text (1990) -
The effects of these tactical maneuvers on the bishop and his priests are clear enough.
Academic text (1990) -
Smith had declined Bishop St. James's invitation to attend, but the bishop was relentlessly persuasive.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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7.2
A senior bishop who leads a large church area in some Christian churches
12
9.1
A senior church leader who has authority over other clergy
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9.8
A senior bishop who is in charge of other bishops in a country or region
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9.9
A bishop who leads a district of the church
A bishop who helps the main bishop of a diocese with church work
A bishop who helps another bishop in the church and often takes their place
A senior bishop who has power over other bishops in a region
Idioms
A humorous phrase that points out a sexual double meaning in what was said
Compounds
- Specialized
A pine tree from the northern California coast with two or three needles in each group
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bishop comes from the Greek episkopos, made of epi- 'over' and skopos 'watcher', so a bishop is someone who 'looks over' and cares for the church.