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Same as Bikh.

t, 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.…

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 chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

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

Like a babe; a childish; babyish. [R.] "Babish imbecility." Drayton. -- Bab"ish*ly, adv. -- Bab"ish*ness, n. [R.]

Hearty; in good spirits. [Low, Eng.] Dickens.

Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.

A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.

Somewhat sour or cross. The wips of the most crabbish Satyristes. Decker.

Having the character of a drab or low wench. "The drabbish sorceress." Drant.