Number of syllables in the word 'bishop'
Find out how many syllables are there in the word bishop.
- No of syllables in bishop : 2
- Divide syllables in bishop : bish-op
More about the word - bishop
- noun
- Synonyms : consecrator, diocesan bishop, suffragan bishop, hierarch, ordinary
- 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.
- Definition : The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
- Definition : Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
- Definition : A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
- verb
- Definition : To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
- Definition : To make a bishop.
- Definition : To provide with bishops.
- Definition : To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
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