Definition of bishop

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Bishop (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer..

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Episcopate :: Episcopate (n.) The collective body of bishops.
Faldstool :: Faldstool (n.) A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church..
Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests..
Archdeacon :: Archdeacon (n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority..
Bishopdom :: Bishopdom (n.) Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate.
Episcopal :: Episcopal (a.) Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church..
Bishoply :: Bishoply (a.) Bishoplike; episcopal.
Priscillianist :: Priscillianist (n.) A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain, in the fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manicheism with Christianity..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A bishop's council.
Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish..
Collative :: Collative (a.) Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.
Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop..
Commendatory :: Commendatory (a.) Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop..
Primate :: Primate (a.) The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..
Faldistory :: Faldistory (n.) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1..
Ordinal :: Ordinal (n.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons..
Encyclical :: Encyclical (a.) Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope..
Cathedra :: Cathedra (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority..
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