Bishop



noun
1.
(a high ranking Christian clergy man supervising a diocese, chess man moving diagonally) អេវ៉ែក, សង្ឃរាជ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
2.
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.
3.
In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.
4.
A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.
5.
A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.
6.
An old name for a woman's bustle.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.