simple past tense and past participle of bishop

plural of Bishop

A bishop who also holds a secular princely rank, regardless whether its territory concurs wholly or partially with his diocese.

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).

(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 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.

(Christianity) The pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

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

(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.