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bisschop.

bishop (official in Orthodox, Catholic and some Protestant churches overseeing a diocese)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɪ.sxɔp/
  1. bishop (official in Orthodox, Catholic and some Protestant churches overseeing a diocese)

    masculine
  2. bishop, bishop's wine

    masculine
  3. bishop

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch bischop, from Old Dutch biskop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). The use of the term for mulled wine probably derived from English or German. The chess sense is likely a semantic loan from English bishop.

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