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Name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪʃəp/

Definition 1:
• An English surname originating as an occupation.
Labels: countable

Definition 2:
• A male given name transferred from the surname.
Labels: countable

Definition 3:
• A locale in the United States.
• A city in Inyo County, California; named for nearby Bishop Creek, itself named for early settler Samuel Addison Bishop.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A locale in the United States.
• A town in Oconee County, Georgia; named for local landowner W. H. Bishop.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A locale in the United States.
• An unincorporated community in Forest City Township, Mason County, Illinois; named for landowner Henry Bishop.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A locale in the United States.
• An unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• A locale in the United States.
• A city in Nueces County, Texas; named for landowner F. Z. Bishop.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• A locale in the United States.
• An unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia and McDowell County, West Virginia, located on the state line.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• A locale in the United States.
• A ghost town in Whitman County, Washington; named for two early settlers.
Labels: countable, uncountable
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪʃəp/

Definition 1:
• Alternative letter-case form of bishop, particularly as a title or term of address.
Labels: alt-of

Definition 2:
• 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.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪʃəp/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bĭsh'əp

Definition 1:
• 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.
Labels: Christianity

Definition 2:
• 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.
• A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
Labels: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, nonstandard

Definition 3:
• The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 4:
• Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 5:
• A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.

Definition 6:
• 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.
Labels: board-games, chess, games

Definition 7:
• Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.

Definition 8:
• A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
Labels: dialectal

Definition 9:
• A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.

Definition 10:
• A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.

Definition 11:
• A bustle.
Labels: US, archaic

Definition 12:
• A children's smock or pinafore.
Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪʃəp/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bĭsh'əp

Definition 1:
• To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
Labels: Christianity

Definition 2:
• To murder by drowning.
Labels: UK, colloquial, obsolete

Definition 3:
• To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
• To confirm (in its other senses).
Labels: Christianity, broadly, obsolete

Definition 4:
• To make a bishop.
Labels: Christianity

Definition 5:
• To provide with bishops.
Labels: Christianity, rare

Definition 6:
• To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
Labels: UK, dialectal

Definition 7:
• To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
Labels: broadly, of equestrianism

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bishop