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A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. |
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In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant
Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry,
superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of
the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a
diocese, bishopric, or see. |
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In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of
the highest church officers or superintendents. |
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A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation
of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer. |
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A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and
sugar. |
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An old name for a woman's bustle. |
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To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm;
hence, to receive formally to favor. |
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To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to
bishop an old horse or his teeth. |