Synonyms for BISHOP
ˈbɪʃ əpbish·op

Princeton's WordNet

1. bishopnoun

   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. bishopnoun

   port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

3. bishopnoun

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

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1. bishopnoun

   Synonyms:
   prelate

2. bishopnoun

   Synonyms:
   bustle, tournure

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1. bishopnoun

   Synonyms:
   diocesan, prelate, suffragan, coadjutor, metropolitan

   Associated words:
   episcopal, episcopacy, bishopdom, episcopicide, crosier, chimere, episcopate, rochet, gremial

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1. List of paraphrases for "bishop":

   piispa, mgr, archbishop, monsignor, monseigneur, msgr., reverend

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1. List of known nicknames for "Bishop":

   Sam Tanielu

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1. Bob Deans:

   As the most populous country on Earth, China has much to do with the kind of world the next generation will inherit, in our country and around the world, we look forward to discussing that work with Chairman Bishop and the committee.

2. Haydon Manning:

   Bishop will take a large number of votes with her, there will be people who would have voted for Bishop, no matter what. Those will now be open to the opposition Labor Party.

3. Peter Isely:

   What is most important about the Pope’s speech is what he did not say. He did not say that he will change church law so that any priest who has sexually abused a child will be permanently removed from ministry, he did not say that any bishop who has been proven to have covered up sex crimes will be removed from office. Until he at least says and does that, nothing else he says and does will be effective in ending the crisis.

4. Los Angeles:

   As a priest and later a bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother, he was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected.

5. Martin Luther:

   Christ will remain a priest and king though He was never consecrated by any papist bishop or greased by any of those shavelings but he was ordained and consecrated by God Himself, and by Him anointed.