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Word entry · 6 letters

bishop

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"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
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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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