Plural of bishop

Forms of bishop

Bishops in a sentence

• The Jubilee Mass had a special solemnity due to the presence of two exiled Chinese bishops—Thomas Cardinal Tien, Archbishop of Peking, and Bishop Joseph Yuen, of Chu-ma-tien, Honan—as well as the recently named bishop of Taichung, Formosa, Most Rev.2013, Maureen Abbott, New Lights from Old Truths: Living the Signs of the Times, volume IV, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, →ISBN, →OCLC...
• The opposite-colored bishops endgame is usually a book draw.From the entry book
• In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.From the entry office
• Medieval paintings often depict bishops in ornate vestments.From the entry vestment
• Bishops demissionary served as rectors of several churches.From the entry demissionary

Meaning of bishop

1. noun 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. noun A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
3. noun The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.

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Questions about the plural of bishop

What is the plural of bishop?

The plural of bishop is bishops.

Is bishop countable?

Bishop is a countable noun.