bishop
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1. (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | chess piece, chessman, |
| definition | : | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | chess, chess game, |
| definition | : | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king (noun.act) |
2. port wine mulled with oranges and cloves (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | mulled wine, |
| definition | : | wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit (noun.food) |
3. 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 (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | priest, |
| definition | : | a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | archbishop, |
| definition | : | a bishop of highest rank (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cardinal, |
| definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | diocesan, |
| definition | : | a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | eparch, |
| definition | : | a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | exarch, |
| definition | : | a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | exarch, |
| definition | : | a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | primus, |
| definition | : | the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | vicar apostolic, |
| definition | : | a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose, |
| definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | eusebius, eusebius of caesarea, |
| definition | : | Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | martin, st. martin, |
| definition | : | French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bishop ulfila, bishop ulfilas, bishop wulfila, ulfila, ulfilas, wulfila, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | anglican church, anglican communion, church of england, |
| definition | : | the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | episcopal, pontifical, |
| definition | : | denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | episcopal, pontifical, |
| definition | : | denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops (adj.pert) |
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