Bishop

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Noun

bishop (plural bishops)

  1. A high ranking official in the Catholic church who governs a diocese, or a similar official in other denominations and religions.
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Etymology

From Anglo-Saxon biscop < Latin episcopus (overseer, supervisor) < Greek επίσκοπος (epískopos) < prefix ἐπι- (epi-, over) + σκοπός (skopos, sight).

Translations

church official

chess piece

Related terms

See also

fr:bishop io:bishop it:bishop hu:bishop pl:bishop

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