Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bishop_berkeley

1 sense of bishop berkeley

Sense 1
Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley -- (Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753))
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)
       INSTANCE OF=> bishop -- (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)