Word

bishop, n.
(bishops)
freq. cnt. 6

a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

bishop

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

episcopal

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Church of England

hyponym

archbishop cardinal diocesan eparch exarch exarch primus suffragan, suffragan bishop vicar apostolic

hypernym

priest

instance hyponym

Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea Ignatius, Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius Martin, St. Martin Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila