单词 | bishop |
释义 | bishop/ˈbɪʃəp /noun 1A senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.The spiritual peerage consists of the archbishops and diocesan bishops of the Church of England....
Synonyms prelate, diocesan, metropolitan, suffragan, coadjutor; Orthodox Church exarch 2 (also bishop bird) An African weaver bird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage.
3A 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.Every chess bishop moves on a diagonal, and none of those on black squares ever move to white squares (in the same game)....
4 [mass noun] Mulled and spiced wine.Glogg, gluhwein, poker beer, bishop, toddy, hot punch, flip, rumfustian, and wassail are all of the warmed spirit family....
OriginOld English biscop, bisceop, based on Greek episkopos 'overseer', from epi 'above' + -skopos '-looking'.
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