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bishop

Noun

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 (synset 109876606)
referred to in:
- church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
- eastern church, eastern orthodox, eastern orthodox church, orthodox catholic church, orthodox church - derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
- anglican church, anglican communion, church of england - the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head
is a type of: priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
subtypes:
- archbishop - a bishop of highest rank
- cardinal - (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
- diocesan - a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
- eparch - a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church
- exarch - a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
- exarch - a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
- primus - the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
- suffragan, suffragan bishop - an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
- vicar apostolic - a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area
specific instances:
- ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose - (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
- berkeley, bishop berkeley, george berkeley - Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)
- eusebius, eusebius of caesarea - Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340)
- ignatius, saint ignatius, st. ignatius - bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)
- martin, st. martin - French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
- nicholas, saint nicholas, st. nicholas - a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)
- bishop ulfila, bishop ulfilas, bishop wulfila, ulfila, ulfilas, wulfila - a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)
Port wine mulled with oranges and cloves (synset 107929540)
is a type of: mulled wine - wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit
(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color (synset 102847294)
referred to in: chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

is a type of: chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

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