bishop
bi shuhp
- 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
- n port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
- n (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
- You've issued invitations for next summer's once-a-decade Lambeth Conference, but left out Gene Robinson, the gay Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire, and Martyn Minns, from the .
- The Bishop of Fulham has to be a special kind of bishop.
- The bishop, whose name is Kevin Nield, is trying to explain why.