bishop
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbɪʃəp/
- Archaic
:
vino caliente
- During the festive season, many people gather to enjoy bishop, a spiced port wine that warms you from the inside.
Examples
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-Man, you gotta beat the bishop.
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We've got the bishop for lunch.
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King to bishop 3.
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I'll vaccinate her quick, get home for an early sack, beat what's left of the bishop.
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Without the participation of the bishops altogether in the Great Commission, there will not be a reversal of the "slide towards Gomorrah."
Blog text (26) -
Perhaps it is simply prudent to not have a position—there are bishops and cardinals in both branches of the Order, and both branches do charitable works, so what point is there in denying the legitimacy of one by recognizing another?
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On chilly winter nights, I enjoy sipping on bishop, a warm drink infused with orange and cloves.
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At the holiday party, they served bishop, a traditional mulled wine that filled the room with a cozy aroma.
Synonyms
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3.9
A drink made from wine heated with spices and served warm in winter
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bishop for the warm spiced wine is a later, playful name — one idea is that its deep red colour looked like a bishop's robe, so people began to call the mulled port a bishop; that's why today bishop can mean this hot orange-and-clove wine.