bishop

Definitions

• (Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
• (obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus (episcopus), supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
• (obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
• A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
• (chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
• Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
• (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
• A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
• (US) A bustle.
• (UK) A children's smock or pinafore.