BISHOP — Definition of BISHOP
noun
1
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.
2
The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
3
Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
4
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
verb
1
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
2
To make a bishop.
3
To provide with bishops.
4
To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bishop
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