how to pronounce bishop

/ˈbɪʃəp/

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An example use of bishop in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… empowerment by anything Bishop Justin …”

meanings of bishop

noun:

Alternative letter-case form of bishop, particularly as a title or term of address.
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.
Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
A children's smock or pinafore.
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
A bustle.
The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.

name:

A city in Inyo County, California; named for nearby Bishop Creek, itself named for early settler Samuel Addison Bishop.
An unincorporated community in Maryland.
A ghost town in Washington; named for two early settlers.
A self-propelled 25-pounder vehicle produced by the United Kingdom during World War II, so called from a supposed resemblance to a bishop's miter.
A city in Texas; named for landowner F. Z. Bishop.
An unincorporated community in Virginia and West Virginia.
An English occupational surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A town in Georgia; named for local landowner W. H. Bishop.
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Illinois; named for landowner Henry Bishop.

verb:

To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
To murder by drowning.
To make a bishop.
To confirm (in its other senses).
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
To provide with bishops.

bishop frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word bishop occurs in english on average 11.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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