Definition of bishop

"bishop" in the noun 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

2. bishop

port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

3. bishop

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

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Quotations for bishop

I have no wish to be made a bishop. [ Applied to an affected indifference to obtaining what one really desires ]

Bishop Ken styled poetry thought in blossom. [ William Winter ]

The devil is a busy bishop in his own diocese. [ Proverb ]

Every man to his trade, quoth the boy to the bishop. [ Proverb ]

Bishop of gold, staff of wood; bishop of wood, staff of gold. [ French Proverb ]

Much depends upon when and where you read a book. In the five or six impatient minutes before the dinner is quite ready, who would think of taking up the Faerie Queen for a stopgap, or a volume of Bishop Andrews's Sermons? [ Lamb ]

bishop in Scrabble®

The word bishop is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters bishop:

BISHOP
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bishop in Words With Friends™

The word bishop is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters bishop:

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Words within the letters of bishop

2 letter words in bishop (6 words)

3 letter words in bishop (12 words)

4 letter words in bishop (8 words)

6 letter words in bishop (1 word)

bishop + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence bishop

Words that start with bishop (5 words)

Words that end with bishop (2 words)

Word Growth involving bishop

Shorter words in bishop

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Longer words containing bishop

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