biskop

Afrikaans

/ˈbəskɔp/

noun
Definitions
  • (Christianity) bishop; high-ranking priest of the Roman-Catholic and Anglican churches
  • (chess) bishop; chess piece that moves diagonally
  • one of two types of fish from the family Sparidae

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bisschop (bishop, bisshop, mulled wine) inherited from Middle Dutch bischop inherited from Old Dutch biskop derived from Latin episcopus (overseer, supervisor, bishop) derived from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ἐπίσκοπος

Gloss

overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer

Kanji

督

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