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• Bishop

  ·noun An old name for a woman's bustle. II. Bishop ·noun A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or d...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bishop

  An overseer. In apostolic times, it is quite manifest that there was no difference as to order betwe...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Le Bishop

  Rental of 9s. from "le Bishop" held in 1479 by . . . Nauseglis son of Wm. Nausegler (Rentals and Sur...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• bishop

  A mixture of wine and water, into which is put a roasted orange. Also one of the largest of Mrs. Phi...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bishop

  the little spotted beetle, commonly called the lady-bird, or lady-cow ; in some countries the golden...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• bishop

  A name of the great northern diver (Colymbus glacialis). ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bishop

  The word originally signified an "overseer" or spiritual superintendent. The titles bishop and elder...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bishop sleeve

  ·- A wide sleeve, once worn by women. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bishop-stool

  ·noun A bishop's seat or see. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bishop, Samuel

  (1731-1795) Poet, b. in London, and ed. at Merchant Taylor's School and Oxf., took orders and becam...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• to bishop

  the balls, a term used among printers, to water them. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Bishop, Chapel of

  See Chapel of the Bishop of St. Paul's. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bishop of Ely's

  See (Bishop of) Ely, Soke. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) David's Bishop of, Inn

  Near the cemetery of St. Bride, Fleet Street, in 1311 (Dugdale, ii. 304). Opposite the north side o...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) Edmond the Bishop and Marie Magdalen

  A charnell and chapell of St. Edmund the Bishop and Marie Magdalen near St. Mary Spital, founded by ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Chapel of the Bishop of St. Paul's

  "Capella Episcopi juxta Sanctum Paulum," 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 229). Dugdale mentions a Chapel i...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.