bishop

1. 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.
2. A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
3. 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.
4. Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
5. A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
6. A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.

Plural bishops