name · noun · verb · 33 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈbɪʃəp/
bĭsh'əp
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1
name
Meaning 1
An English surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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2
name
Meaning 2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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3
name
Meaning 3
A locale in the United States.
A city in Inyo County, California; named for nearby Bishop Creek, itself named for early settler Samuel Addison Bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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4
name
Meaning 4
A locale in the United States.
A town in Oconee County, Georgia; named for local landowner W. H. Bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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5
name
Meaning 5
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Forest City Township, Mason County, Illinois; named for landowner Henry Bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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6
name
Meaning 6
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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7
name
Meaning 7
A locale in the United States.
A city in Nueces County, Texas; named for landowner F. Z. Bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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8
name
Meaning 8
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia and McDowell County, West Virginia, located on the state line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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9
name
Meaning 9
A locale in the United States.
A ghost town in Whitman County, Washington; named for two early settlers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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10
noun
Meaning 10
An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Broader terms: cleric
11
noun
Meaning 11
An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion
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Broader terms: cleric
12
noun
Meaning 12
The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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13
noun
Meaning 13
Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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14
noun
Meaning 14
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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15
noun
Meaning 15
The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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16
noun
Meaning 16
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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17
noun
Meaning 17
A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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18
noun
Meaning 18
A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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19
noun
Meaning 19
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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20
noun
Meaning 20
A bustle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic
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21
noun
Meaning 21
A children's smock or pinafore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal
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22
noun
Meaning 22
Alternative letter-case form of bishop, particularly as a title or term of address.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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23
noun
Meaning 23
A self-propelled 25-pounder vehicle produced by the United Kingdom during World War II, so called from a supposed resemblance to a bishop's miter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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24
verb
Meaning 24
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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25
verb
Meaning 25
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
To confirm (in its other senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, obsolete
Qualifier: jocularly
Topics: Christianity
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26
verb
Meaning 26
To make a bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
Examples
1549, H. Latimer, 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie, 5th Serm. sig. Pviv Thys hathe bene often tymes... sene in preachers before they were byshoppyd or benificed.
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27
verb
Meaning 27
To provide with bishops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: Christianity
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28
verb
Meaning 28
To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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29
verb
Meaning 29
To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
1727, R. Bradley, Family Dict. at "Horse" This way of making a Horse look young is... called Bishoping.
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30
verb
Meaning 30
To murder by drowning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial, obsolete
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31
noun
Meaning 31
(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chessman, chess piece
32
noun
Meaning 32
port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mulled wine
33
noun
Meaning 33
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: priest
Narrower terms: archbishop, cardinal, diocesan, eparch, exarch, primus, suffragan, suffragan bishop, vicar apostolic, Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose, Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley, Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Ignatius, Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius, Martin, St. Martin, Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas, Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila
History
Etymology
From bishop.
From Middle English bischop, bishop, bisshop, biscop, from Old English bisċop (“bishop”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskop, from Vulgar Latin (e)biscopus, from classical Latin episcopus (“overseer, supervisor”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), used in Greek and Latin both generally and as a title of civil officers. Cognate with all European terms for the position in various Christian churches; compare also Middle English bisp (“bishop”). * The Tyndale Bible uses native English overseer instead.
Eponymous, from the surname Bishop.
Across languages
Translations
282 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
畢曉普 /毕晓普
(Bìxiǎopǔ)
— surname and its quivalents
French:
Lévesque
— surname and its quivalents
Spanish:
Obispo
— surname and its quivalents
Telugu:
బిషప్
(biṣap)
— surname and its quivalents
Chinese Mandarin:
畢曉普 /毕晓普
(Bìxiǎopǔ)
— given name
Abkhaz:
аҷҟәандар
(ačʼqwʼandar)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Afrikaans:
biskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Albanian:
peshkop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Albanian:
upeshk
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Arabic:
أُسْقُف
(ʔusquf)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Armenian:
եպիսկոպոս
(episkopos)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Old Armenian:
եպիսկոպոս
(episkopos)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Asturian:
obispu
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Azerbaijani:
yepiskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Belarusian:
епі́скап
(jepískap)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Belarusian:
бі́скуп
(bískup)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Bengali:
বিশপ
(biśop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Central Bikol:
obispo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Breton:
eskob
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Bulgarian:
епи́скоп
(epískop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Bulgarian:
влади́ка
(vladíka)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Catalan:
bisbe
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Cebuano:
obispo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Chinese Cantonese:
主教
(zyu2 gaau3)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Chinese:
主教
(zh-min-nan)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Chinese Mandarin:
主教
(zhǔjiào)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Coptic:
ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ
(episkopos)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Czech:
biskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Dalmatian:
pascu
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Danish:
biskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Danish:
bisp
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Dutch:
bisschop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Esperanto:
episkopo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Esperanto:
episkopino
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Estonian:
piiskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Faroese:
biskupur
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Faroese:
bispur
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Finnish:
piispa
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Franco-Provençal:
èvèque
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
French:
évêque
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Saterland Frisian:
Biskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Friulian:
vescul
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Galician:
bispo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Georgian:
ეპისკოპოსი
(eṗisḳoṗosi)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
German:
Bischof
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
German:
Bischöfin
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Greek:
επίσκοπος
(epískopos)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ancient Greek:
ἐπίσκοπος
(epískopos)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Haitian Creole:
evèk
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Hawaiian:
pīhopa
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Hebrew:
בִּישׁוֹף
(bishóf)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Hindi:
बिशप
(biśap)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Hindi:
धर्माध्यक्ष
(dharmādhyakṣ)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Hungarian:
püspök
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Icelandic:
biskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ido:
episkopo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ido:
episkopulo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ido:
episkopino
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Indonesian:
uskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ingrian:
jeppiskoppi
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ingrian:
arhirei
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Irish:
easpag
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Italian:
vescovo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Italian:
vescova
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Italian:
presule
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Japanese:
主教
(shukyō)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Japanese:
司教
(shikyō)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Kashubian:
biskùp
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Kazakh:
епископ
(episkop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Khmer:
អេវ៉ែក
(ʼeevaek)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Korean:
주교
(jugyo)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Northern Kurdish:
metran
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Northern Kurdish:
isqof
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Kyrgyz:
епископ
(yepiskop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Latin:
episcopus
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Latin:
episcopa
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Latvian:
bīskaps
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Lithuanian:
vyskupas
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Macedonian:
епископ
(episkop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Macedonian:
бискуп
(biskup)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Macedonian:
владика
(vladika)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Malay:
biskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Malay:
uskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Malayalam:
മെത്രാൻ
(metrāṉ)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Maltese:
isqof
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Manx:
aspick
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Māori:
pīhopa
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Marathi:
बिशप
(biśap)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Middle English:
bischop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Mongolian:
хүрээний тэргүүн
(xüreenii tergüün)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Norwegian Bokmål:
biskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Norwegian Bokmål:
bisp
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Norwegian Nynorsk:
biskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bisp
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Occitan:
avesque
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ojibwe:
gichi-mekadewikwanaye
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ojibwe:
anama'e-ogimaa
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Church Slavic:
єпискоупъ
(episkupŭ)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Church Slavic:
бискоупъ
(biskupŭ)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Church Slavic:
владꙑка
(vladyka)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Old Prussian:
bīskups
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ossetian:
алчер
(alḱer)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Pashto:
اسقف
(osqóf)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Persian:
اسقف
(osqof)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Persian:
سکوبا
(sokubâ)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Plautdietsch:
Eltesta (Ältester m)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Polish:
biskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Portuguese:
bispo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Romanian:
episcop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Romanian:
vlădică
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Romansh:
uvestg
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Russian:
епи́скоп
(jepískop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Northern Sami:
bisma
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Skolt-Sami:
aa ́rhel
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Samoan:
'epikopō
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Sanskrit:
धर्माध्यक्ष
(dharmādhyakṣa)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Sardinian:
obíscu
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Scottish Gaelic:
easbaig
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Serbo-Croatian:
ѐпископ
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Serbo-Croatian:
би̏скуп
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Serbo-Croatian:
èpiskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Serbo-Croatian:
bȉskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Sicilian:
vìscuvu
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Sicilian:
viscu
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Slovak:
biskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Slovene:
škòf
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Lower Sorbian:
biskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Upper Sorbian:
biskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Upper Sorbian:
biskup
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Spanish:
obispo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Swahili:
askofu
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Swedish:
biskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Tagalog:
obispo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Tajik:
усқуф
(usquf)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Tajik:
епископ
(yepiskop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Tamil:
ஆயர்
(āyar)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Tatar:
епископ
(yepisqop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Tatar:
әскаф
(äsqaf)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Thai:
บิชอป
(bì-chɔ́p)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Thai:
สังฆราช
(sǎng-ká-râat)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Thai:
มุขนายก
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Tok Pisin:
bisop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Turkish:
piskopos
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ottoman Turkish:
اسقف
(uskuf)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Turkmen:
ýepiskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Ukrainian:
єпи́скоп
(jepýskop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Urdu:
اسقف
(usquf)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Urdu:
بشپ
(biśap)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Uyghur:
ئېپىسكوپ
(ëpiskop)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Uyghur:
باش روھانىي
(bash rohaniy)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Uzbek:
yepiskop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Vietnamese:
giám mục
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Vilamovian:
bisküp
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Volapük:
bijop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Volapük:
hibijop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Volapük:
jibijop
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Waray-Waray:
obispo
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Welsh:
esgob
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Yiddish:
ביסקופּ
(biskup)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Yiddish:
בישאָף
(bishof)
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Yup'ik:
allgiliyaq
— church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
