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Definitions of bishops in various dictionaries:
noun - a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority
noun - port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
noun - (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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| Church of England debating female these; "Critics say move won't help women to move forward, only diagonally" |
| In the endgame, 2 opposing ones of these pieces that always move on the same color often leads to a draw |
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| Plural form of bishop. |
| a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders. |
| an African weaver bird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage. |
| A senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders. |
| An African weaver bird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage. |
| A chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a mitre, 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. |
| Mulled and spiced wine. |
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| Bishops, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES |
| Bishops, Saint Lucy, BARBADOS |
| Bishops, Saint Mary, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
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A Bishop (English derivation from the New Testament of the Christian Bible Greek , epískopos, "overseer", "guardian") is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. * Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic and Independent Catholic churches and in the Assyrian Church of the East, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles. Within these churches, bishops are seen as those who possess the full priesthood and can ordain clergy including another bishop. Some Protestant churches including the Lutheran and Methodist churches have bishops serving similar functions as well, though not always understood to be within apostolic succession in the same way. One who has been ordained deacon, priest, and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the (ministerial) priesthood, given respo |