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- July 12 2025
- Chess piece with a clerical name
Chess piece with a clerical name
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Chess piece with a clerical name' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Chess piece with a clerical name crossword clue was last seen on July 12 2025 in the popular Universal Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | BISHOP | Chess piece with a clerical name | Universal |
Definition
| • | 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. |
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