Part 1144

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>Evil biseye</col>, <cd>ill looking. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Bish</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Bikh</er>.</def>

<h1>Bishop</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bischop</ets>, <ets>biscop</ets>, <ets>bisceop</ets>, AS. <ets>bisceop</ets>, <ets>biscop</ets>, L. <ets>episcopus</ets> overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets> over + <ets><?/</ets> inspector, fr. root of <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>, to look to, perh. akin to L. <ets>specere</ets> to look at. See <er>Spy</er>, and cf. <er>Episcopal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.</def>

<blockquote>Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and <b>Bishop</b> of your souls. <i>1 Pet. ii. 25.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( <?/ ) and "elder" or "presbyter." <i> J. B. Lightfoot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Bishop in partibus</col> [<col>infidelium</col>] </mcol> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>a bishop of a see which does not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. <i>Shipley</i>.</cd> -- <col>Titular bishop</col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>a term officially substituted in 1882 for bishop in partibus.</cd> -- <col>Bench of Bishops</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bench</er>.</cd></cs>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called <i>archer</i>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>An old name for a woman's bustle.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<blockquote>If, by her <b>bishop</b>, or her "grace" alone, A genuine lady, or a church, is known. <i>Saxe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bishop</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bishoped</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bishoping</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.</def>

<h1>Bishop</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bishoped</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bishoping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From the name of the scoundrel who first practiced it. <ets>Youatt</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; <as>as, to <ex>bishop</ex> an old horse or his teeth</as>.</def>

<note>The plan adopted is to cut off all the nippers with a saw to the proper length, and then with a cutting instrument the operator scoops out an oval cavity in the corner nippers, which is afterwards burnt with a hot iron until it is black. <i>J. H. Walsh.</i></note>

<h1>Bishopdom</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op*dom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate.</def> "Divine right of <i>bishopdom</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Bishoplike</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op*like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.</def>

<i>Fulke.</i>