n.
- a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.
- a chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a mitre, that can move in any direction along a diagonal.
- mulled and spiced wine.
Etymology
OE biscop, bisceop, based on Gk episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.