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bishop

In some churches a bishop is a senior minister or priest, and is responsible for a diocese. A bishop is a piece in a game called chess.

bishop

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 port wine mulled with oranges and cloves (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

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Simple sentences

The bishop took pity on the desperate immigrants.
I heard that a gay priest had been promoted to the rank of bishop, but it turned out to be a fabrication.
I think this bishop is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
The chess pieces are pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, and king.
The chess pieces are: king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn.

Movie subtitles

Bishop Donahue said it's because I have no self-esteem and desperately want to fit in with by my peers.
Oh, same old Bishop.
Uh, Jeremy Bishop. It's my first day.
Everyone, Dr. Jeremy Bishop, our newest gen-surg on staff.
Dr. Bishop, want to do something fun today?
Somebody page Dr. Bishop.
My name's Dr. Bishop.
Thanks, Bishop.
Kelly Bishop.
Abraham Bishop is the only politician to have a strong relationship with the rest of '.
Bishop, what do you think about this?
Listen up: according to Bishop, the Senator's transmitter signal is coming from the complex, probably the main tower.
The Bishop has allowed us two weeks.
You're the Bishop's son.
No, better wait for Col. Bishop.
Good afternoon, Col. Bishop.
It's apparent Miss Bishop wants him more than I do.
What would you like done with him, Miss Bishop?
I hardly consider it fortunate to be bought by anyone by the name of Bishop.
Your very humble slave, Miss Bishop.
Good afternoon, Miss Bishop.
Miss Bishop.
I've resented you because your name is Bishop.
Miss Bishop, it's difficult for an Irishman to apologize.
Bishop.
It looks like Col. Bishop.
Now, Wolf, Col. Bishop has a kind heart.
Col. Bishop assures me that if he were in power. he would not rest day or night. until this Capt. Blood was swinging on execution dock.
Uh, Jeremy Bishop.
Mm-hmm. Somebody page Dr. Bishop.
The Bishop of the Black Canons.
However, the bishop didn't have any difficulty meeting him.
If the Bishop of the Black Canons is performing the ceremony tomorrow.. supposewevisithim at his abbey tonight.
If the bishop was murdered, you'd carry on playing cards.
Wedding at St. Margaret's, Bishop Manners, reception. Yes, sir, Sir Charles.
Remember the clergyman you said was a pickpocket and he turned out a bishop?

News and current affairs

LONDON: A hundred years ago, the humorous English magazine Punch carried a cartoon which depicted a young and nervous curate eating breakfast with his bishop.
The bishop, then, does not strike one as an attractive man.
Bishop Williamson's ideas may be loathsome, but criminal prosecution against a man for his views about history is probably a bad idea.
People like Bishop Williamson and Geert Wilders are useful to the extent that they allow us to do just that.
John Paul II hinted, daringly, at the possibility of revising the thousand-year old principle of the Bishop of Rome being first of the apostles and Christ's vicar on earth.

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