📚 name • entry_id 56881
Bishop
/ˈbɪʃəp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
Obispo
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Phrases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alfil • arfil
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.
A Bishop or Archer, who is commonly figured with his head cloven.
The Bishoppes some name Alphins, some fooles, and some name them Princes; other some call them Archers.
Phrases
Angola black bishopBishopBishop AucklandBishop BarkerBishop BurtonBishop MonktonBishop WiltonBishop to the ForcesBishop's BibleBishop's CastleBishop's CleeveBishop's ClystBishop's FallsBishop's HullBishop's ItchingtonBishop's NymptonBishop's StortfordBishop's TawtonBishop's WalthamBishopric of the ForcesBishops CanningsBishops LydeardBishops' BibleBishopsgateBishopsteigntonCape bishopCheriton BishopCompton BishopFrench bishopLord BishopSynod of BishopsWickham BishopsZanzibar red bishopabbot-bishopantibishoparchbishopas the actress said to the bishopassistant bishopassistant-bishopauxiliary bishop