Archbishop vs. Bishop
Difference Between Archbishop and Bishop
Archbishopnoun
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
Bishopnoun
(Christianity) 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.
Archbishopnoun
a bishop of highest rank
Bishopnoun
A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
Bishopnoun
(obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
Bishopnoun
(obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
Bishopnoun
The chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
Bishopnoun
(chess) 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.
Bishopnoun
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
Bishopnoun
(dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
Bishopnoun
(alcoholic beverages) A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
Bishopnoun
A bustle.
Bishopnoun
A children's smock or pinafore.
Bishopverb
(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
Bishopverb
To confirm (in its other senses).
Bishopverb
(Christianity) To make a bishop.
Bishopverb
To provide with bishops.
Bishopverb
To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
Bishopverb
To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
Bishopverb
To murder by drowning.
Bishopnoun
a clergyman 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
Bishopnoun
port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
Bishopnoun
(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
