a spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.-in the roman catholic, greek, and anglican or protestant episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the apostles. the bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.-in the methodist episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.-a piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.-a beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.-an old name for a woman's bustle.-to admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.-to make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.