noun

1. 1. a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy having authority, variously, over other clergy and usually supervising a diocese or church district
   2. Mormon Ch. a lay church officer who presides over a ward
2. a chess piece that can move in a diagonal direction only, over any number of unoccupied squares of the same color
3. a hot, sweet drink of port wine flavored with an orange stuck with cloves

Etymology: ME < OE bisceop < LL episcopus, an overseer (in LL(Ec), bishop) < Gr episkopos, overseer (in N.T., bishop) < epi-, upon + skopos < skopein, to look (see scope)