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bishop

/ˈbɪʃəp/
B1 · Intermediate★★★☆☆
noun

Simple Meaning

キリスト教の高位の聖職者で、複数の教会を統括する人、またはチェスの駒の一つ。

When to Use

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Intermediate — can handle common situations

Examples in Conversation

司教は昨日、大聖堂でスピーチをしました。

チェスでキングを守るためにビショップを動かしました。

Full Definition

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.

Related Words

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