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Word entry · 6 letters

bishop

Best crossword clue

"Chess cleric"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɪʃəp/Part of speech nounSorted bhiopsStarts with BEnds with P1 cluesVery common crossword word
1B2I3S4H5O6P

Definitions

  1. Chess piece moving diagonally, or church official

Word origin

Eponymous, from the surname Bishop.

Used in a sentence

  • King James of blessed memory said, no Bishop, no King: it was not he, but others that added, No Ceremony, no Bishop.
  • St. Ignatius... In his 'Epiſtle to the Magneſians,' he exhorts them to do all things in the love of God, telling them, the Biſhop preſides in the place of God...
  • These ministers were at first confined to the three orders of bishops, priests, and deacons.

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