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| bish·op [ bíshəp ] (plural bish·ops) |
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1. senior Christian cleric: a senior Christian cleric, especially in the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and Orthodox churches, who is in charge of the spiritual life and administration of a particular region diocese
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2. chess piece: a chess piece that can be moved diagonally across the board over any number of squares of the same color
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| [ Old English biscop, via Germanic < variant of Latin episcopus "bishop, overseer" < Greek episkopos "overseer" < skopos "watcher"] |
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