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The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Li…

A wide sleeve, once worn by women.

A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Longfellow.

A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.

An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.

Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.

A bishop's seat or see.

Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. "Divine right of bishopdom." Milton.

Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke.

Bishoplike; episcopal. [Obs.]

A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

A bookseller's shop. [Eng.]

An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc. [Slang, U.S.]

A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.

An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." Macaulay.

A shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram.

A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage. [Colloq.]

idæ. The species and genera are very numerous. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related specie…

A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.