bishop

noun

• 1a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.

• 2 (also bishop bird) an African weaver bird, the male of which has red, orange, yellow, or black plumage.

  • Genus Euplectes, family Ploceidae: several species, including the red bishop (E. orix), which has scarlet plumage with a black face and underparts

• 3a chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a mitre, that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two bishops, one moving on white squares and the other on black.

• 4 [mass noun] mulled and spiced wine.