bishop
part of speech
noun (a bishop, bishops)
meaning for a pupil
1) (church) A bishop is a senior leader in many Christian churches who looks after the priests and churches of a large area called a diocese. tree →
2) (chess) A bishop is a chess piece that moves any number of squares diagonally. tree →
sense in the lessons
In church life the bishop confirms young people, ordains priests, and wears a tall pointed hat called a mitre and carries a crook-shaped staff. Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and some Lutheran and Methodist churches have bishops. In chess each player starts with two bishops, one on light squares and one on dark. Phrases: the Bishop of a city, the bishop's palace, move your bishop.
examples
- The bishop came to our church for the confirmation service. tree →
- A bishop wears a tall hat called a mitre. tree →
- The Bishop of London spoke on the radio. tree →
- I moved my bishop diagonally and took her knight. tree →
- A bishop always stays on the same colour of square. tree →
- The bishop blessed the new school building. tree →
- ‘She is my wife,’ answered the bishop. tree →
note
Countable. Capital B in a title ("Bishop Anne", "the Bishop of Durham"). Related words: diocese (his area), cathedral (his main church), archbishop (a chief bishop). In chess, bishops move only diagonally.
In the corpora
- Andorra has two co-princes, the Bishop of Urgell in Spain and the President of France.
- In confirmation a person confirms for themselves the promises made at their baptism, often with a bishop laying hands on them.
- Bishops are senior leaders who look after many churches in an area called a diocese.
- The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church worldwide.
- The Church of England is led by bishops, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as senior bishop and the King as Supreme Governor.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bishop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.