bischop
Middle English
/ˈbiʃəp/
noun
Definitions
- bishop clergy member that heads a diocese
- A clergy member ranking a bishop or higher
- A high priest or other ranking non-Christian religious official.
- A spiritual leader.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bisċop derived from Latin episcopus (overseer, supervisor, bishop).
Origin
Latin
episcopus
Gloss
overseer, supervisor, bishop
Kanji
督
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibishop English
- archbishop English
- bishop English
- bishopdom English
- bishopess English
- bishophood English
- bishopless English
- bishoplike English
- bishoply English
- bishopric English
- cobishop English
- even-bishop English
- highbishop English
- prince bishop English
- unbishop English
- (e)biscopus, biscopus Latin
- biscopus Latin
- episcopalis Latin
- episcopatus Latin
- episcopos Latin
- episcopus Latin
- episcopālis Latin
- episcopo Italian
- vescovo Italian
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- epíscopo Portuguese
- ビショップ Japanese
- arcebiscop Old English
- biscop Old English
- biscopdom Old English
- biscophad Old English
- biscoprice Old English
- biscopwyrt Old English
- bisċop Old English
- bisċophād Old English
- bisċoprīċe Old English
- bischophod Middle English
- byschopryke Middle English
- Giolla Easpaig Irish
- biskup Old Norse
- evesque Old French
- episkopo Esperanto
- bisbe Catalan, Valencian
- บิชอป Thai
- bisscoplijc Middle Dutch
- biscof Old High German
- episkopo Ido
- epscop Old Irish
- peshkop Albanian
- upeshk Albanian
- בישאָף Yiddish
- biskop Old Dutch
- bispo Old Portuguese
- biskup Slovak
- bisp Old Swedish
- 비숍 Korean
- бискоупъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vescul Friulian
- biscop Old Frisian
- bisop Tok Pisin
- eskob Breton
- pascu Dalmatian
- piscopo Neapolitan
- escop Old Welsh