Bishop vs. Abbot

(Christianity) 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.

(obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.

(obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.

The chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.

(chess) 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.

Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.

(dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.

(alcoholic beverages‎) A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.

A bustle.

A children's smock or pinafore.

(Christianity) 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).

(Christianity) To make a bishop.

To provide with bishops.

To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).

To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.

To murder by drowning.

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.

Example: ‘Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.’; ‘It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( ) and "elder" or "presbyter."’;

In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.

In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.

A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; - formerly called archer.

A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.

An old name for a woman's bustle.

Example: ‘If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone,A genuine lady, or a church, is known.’;

To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.

To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.

a clergyman 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

port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

A bishop is an ordained or appointed member in a religious institution, who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. The title is most often used in Christian churches, but is also used in some Japanese Buddhist institutions, and by the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo.

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.

Example: ‘The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.’;

The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.

A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.

A brothel-owner's husband or lover.

A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.

The superior or head of an abbey.

One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

the superior of an abbey of monks

Abbot (from the Aramaic Abba meaning ) is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery.

Example: ‘father’;