Used in a Sentence

bishop

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bishop.

Editorial note

The player moved the Bishop diagonally, but unless they understand why they moved the Bishop that way, it feels like they're cheating.

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bishop gathered in one view.

noun

A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.

noun

Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.

noun

A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bishop.

noun

A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.

noun

Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.

noun

A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.

noun

A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.

Example sentences

1

The player moved the Bishop diagonally, but unless they understand why they moved the Bishop that way, it feels like they're cheating.

2

No priest is forced to officiate, but the local bishop must arrange a willing replacement if necessary.

3

The (female) bishop of the Episcopal church has a PhD in oceanography and says that homosexuality is a gift.

4

Learn the Scholar's Mate, which involves attacking that square with the queen and bishop, and work that into your game.

5

Sometimes, I go with another tactic, or blend it with controlling the center - attacking the king's bishop's square.

6

As I recall, Matt Bishop and Dan Klein made significant contributions to research regarding bulk password cracking.

7

Ok, but why is your service so necessary that your bishop should pay you to do this instead of serving in a parish?

8

Also, my bishop can order me to stop working on an unauthorized ministry.

9

They won't ordain me just because I walk up to a bishop in a cathedral and ask to be ordained.

10

> Oscar Salazar, senior security associate at security firm Bishop Fox explained that money inserted into the CompuSafe is automatically deposited to the retail store's bank account.

11

You can ping bishop.royalbackup.com to get a rough idea of latency.

12

I think these debates serve a useful purpose - just because a bishop is open to homosexuality and evolution shouldn't give a free pass on the basis of cultural sensitivity to other truth claims she might make.

Quote examples

1

I really like the book "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by Christopher Bishop.

2

"Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective" by Stephen Marsland is very good if you want to see the ideas in code and if you're not mathematically ready for hastie or bishop.

3

Hamm absolutely did not ask to be on the search committee or to have anyone from Continental put onto the committee, nor did he ask that anyone from the Oklahoma Geological Survey be dismissed," [Vice President of Public Affairs of University of Oklahoma Catherine Bishop] wrote.

4

For those of you who read about the genocide and want to understand more of the background, I highly recommend "The Art of Political Murder." It starts in 1998, when a Catholic Bishop was found bludgeoned to death in his own garage two days after publishing the report that detailed the Guatemalan army's role in the genocide.

Proper noun examples

1

Finally, neither my Bishop, nor the Episcopal Church, are paying me anything to work on this ministry.

2

Perhaps you would like to study constructive analysis, a la Bishop?

3

If anyone is looking for a good reference to one of AI's subtopics--Machine Learning--then I highly recommend Christopher Bishop's Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bishop in a sentence?

The player moved the Bishop diagonally, but unless they understand why they moved the Bishop that way, it feels like they're cheating.

What does bishop mean?

A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.

What part of speech is bishop?

bishop is commonly used as noun.