plural of bishop's mantle

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bishop, mantle. / A tippet (shoulder protection), often with a collar and/or cape, of mail.

(Australia, slang, obsolete) A drink comprising port, sugar and nutmeg.

(Roman Catholicism) An auxiliary bishop with the right of succession, i.e., he becomes bishop upon the death, removal or retirement of the incumbent bishop.

A bishop who functions as another bishop's deputy, where the weight of sacramental duties is too much for a single bishop.

(Christianity) The pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

A cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who is bishop of one of the cardinal ("hinge") dioceses of the Province of Rome. / (more loosely) A cardinal who is a bishop anywhere.

(informal) An itinerant bishop of the Church of England appointed to administer within another's diocese to those who refuse to accept the ordination of women.

A rock at the most westerly tip of the Isles of Scilly facing the Atlantic Ocean and housing a lighthouse; supposedly the smallest island in the world.

(idiomatic, slang) To masturbate (male).