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

3 senses of bishop

Sense 1
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)
       => priest -- (a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders)

Sense 2
bishop -- (port wine mulled with oranges and cloves)
       => mulled wine -- (wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit)

Sense 3
bishop -- ((chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color)
       => chessman, chess piece -- (any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess)