Bishop vs. Prelate

Bishopnoun

(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.

Bishopnoun

A similar official or chief priest in another religion.

Bishopnoun

(obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

(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.

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

A bustle.

Bishopnoun

A children's smock or pinafore.

Bishopverb

(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.

Bishopverb

To confirm (in its other senses).

Bishopverb

(Christianity) To make a bishop.

Bishopverb

To provide with bishops.

Bishopverb

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

Bishopverb

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

Bishopverb

To murder by drowning.

Bishopnoun

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.

Bishopnoun

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.

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

An old name for a woman's bustle.

Bishopverb

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

Bishopverb

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

Bishopnoun

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

Bishopnoun

port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

Bishopnoun

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

Bishop

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.

Prelatenoun

A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

Prelateverb

(obsolete) To act as a prelate.

Prelatenoun

A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.

Prelateverb

To act as a prelate.

Prelatenoun

a senior clergyman and dignitary

Prelate

A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin praelatus, the past participle of praeferre, which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'prefer'; hence, a prelate is one set over others.