An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
To make a bishop.
To provide with bishops.
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
A chief or leader.
An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
The head boy of a school.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
The leader of a group of workers.
To act as captain
To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.