BISHOP

Definition of BISHOP

  1. (noun)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
  2. (noun)port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
  3. (noun)(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color