bishop

bishop has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
• n.. In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.
• n.. In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.
• n.. A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.
• n.. A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.
• n.. An old name for a woman's bustle.
• v. t.. To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
• v. t.. To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.
• n.. (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
• n.. port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
• n.. 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