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# bishop

noun (a bishop, bishops)

«bishop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#m1)
2. (chess) A bishop is a chess piece that moves any number of squares diagonally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#x1)
- A bishop wears a tall hat called a mitre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#x2)
- The Bishop of London spoke on the radio. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#x3)
- I moved my bishop diagonally and took her knight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#x4)
- A bishop always stays on the same colour of square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#x5)
- The bishop blessed the new school building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#x6)
- ‘She is my wife,’ answered the bishop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bishop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bishop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bishop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bishop.html) on Mova free.