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bishop Click to Search bishop
noun 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 (Freq. 6) • Derivationally related forms: episcopal • Topics: Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Church of England, Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church • Hypernyms: priest • Hyponyms: archbishop, cardinal, diocesan, eparch, exarch, primus, suffragan, suffragan bishop, vicar apostolic • Instance Hyponyms: Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose, Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley, Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Ignatius, Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius, Martin, St. Martin, Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas, Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila 2. port wine mulled with oranges and cloves • Hypernyms: mulled wine 3. (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color • Topics: chess, chess game • Hypernyms: chessman, chess piece

Bishop Berkeley Click to Search Bishop Berkeley
noun Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753) • Syn: Berkeley, George Berkeley • Instance Hypernyms: philosopher, bishop

Bishop of Rome Click to Search Bishop of Rome
noun the head of the Roman Catholic Church • Syn: pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ • Derivationally related forms: pontifical (for: pontiff), papal (for: pope) • Hypernyms: spiritual leader, Catholic • Hyponyms: antipope • Instance Hyponyms: Alexander VI, Pope Alexander VI, Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia, Benedict XIV, Prospero Lambertini, Benedict XV, Giacomo della Chiesa, Boniface VIII, Benedetto Caetani, Calixtus II, Guy of Burgundy, Calixtus III, Alfonso Borgia, Clement VII, Giulio de' Medici, Clement XI, Giovanni Francesco Albani, Clement XIV, Lorenzo Ganganelli, Gregory, Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I, Gregory the Great, Gregory VII, Hildebrand, Gregory XII, Angelo Correr, Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncompagni, Gregory XVI, Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari, Innocent III, Lotario di Segni, Innocent VIII, Giovanni Battista Cibo, Innocent XI, Benedetto Odescalchi, Innocent XII, Antonio Pignatelli, John XXIII, Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli, John Paul I, Albino Luciano, John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, Leo I, St. Leo I, Leo the Great, Leo III, Leo IX, Bruno, Bruno of Toul, Leo X, Giovanni de'Medici, Leo XIII, Gioacchino Pecci, Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci, Martin V, Oddone Colonna, Nicholas V, Tomasso Parentucelli, Paul III, Alessandro Farnese, Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Montini, Pius II, Aeneas Silvius, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Pius V, Antonio Ghislieri, Pius VI, Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Giannangelo Braschi, Pius VII, Barnaba Chiaramonti, Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti, Pius IX, Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti, Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, Pius XI, Achille Ratti, Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, Sixtus IV, Francesco della Rovere, Sylvester II, Gerbert, Urban II, Odo, Odo of Lagery, Otho, Otho of Lagery, Urban V, Guillaume de Grimoard, Urban VI, Bartolomeo Prignano, Urban VIII, Maffeo Barberini • Member Holonyms: papacy, pontificate

bishop pine Click to Search bishop pine
noun two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast • Syn: bishop's pine, Pinus muricata • Hypernyms: pinon, pinyon

Bishop Ulfila Click to Search Bishop Ulfila
noun 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) • Syn: Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila • Instance Hypernyms: bishop, interpreter, translator

Bishop Ulfilas Click to Search Bishop Ulfilas
noun 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) • Syn: Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila • Instance Hypernyms: bishop, interpreter, translator

Bishop Wulfila Click to Search Bishop Wulfila
noun 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) • Syn: Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila • Instance Hypernyms: bishop, interpreter, translator

bishopric Click to Search bishopric
noun the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop • Syn: diocese, episcopate • Derivationally related forms: diocesan (for: diocese) • Hypernyms: jurisdiction • Hyponyms: archdiocese, eparchy, exarchate • Part Meronyms: see, parish

bishopry Click to Search bishopry
noun the office and dignity of a bishop (Freq. 1) • Syn: episcopate • Hypernyms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

bishop's cap Click to Search bishop's cap
noun any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter • Syn: miterwort, mitrewort • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: fairy cup, Mitella diphylla, five-point bishop's cap, Mitella pentandra • Member Holonyms: Mitella, genus Mitella

bishop's hat Click to Search bishop's hat
noun slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover • Syn: barrenwort, Epimedium grandiflorum • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Epimedium, genus Epimedium

bishop's pine Click to Search bishop's pine
noun two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast • Syn: bishop pine, Pinus muricata • Hypernyms: pinon, pinyon

bishop's throne Click to Search bishop's throne
noun a throne that is the official chair of a bishop • Syn: cathedra • Derivationally related forms: cathedral (for: cathedra) • Hypernyms: throne • Part Holonyms: cathedral

suffragan bishop Click to Search suffragan bishop
noun an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese • Syn: suffragan • Hypernyms: bishop

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