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   Bish·op

   /ˈbiSHəp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.
   • 2. an African weaverbird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage.
   • 3. a chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a miter, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black.
   • 4. mulled and spiced wine.

   Word Origin Old Englishbiscop, bisceop, based on Greek episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.

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