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  • 11Bishop — Bish op, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf. {Episcopal}.]… …

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  • 12Bishop in partibus infidelium — Bishop Bish op, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf.… …

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  • 13Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School — Bishop O Connell High School Location 6600 Little Falls Road Arlington, Virginia, 22213 …

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  • 14bishop — (n.) O.E. bisceop bishop, high priest (Jewish or pagan), from L.L. episcopus, from Gk. episkopos watcher, overseer, a title for various government officials, later taken over in a Church sense, from epi over (see EPI (Cf. epi )) + skopos watcher …

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  • 15bishop — [bish′əp] n. [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)] 1. a) a high ranking member of the Christian clergy… …

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  • 16bishop — ► NOUN 1) a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders. 2) a chess piece, typically having a top shaped like a mitre, that can move in any direction along a diagonal. ORIGIN Greek… …

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  • 17Chess opening — For a list of openings as classified by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, see List of chess openings. Starting position a …

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  • 18Chess — This article is about the Western board game. For other chess games or other uses, see Chess (disambiguation). Chess From left to right: a whit …

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  • 19Chess variant — Gliński s hexagonal chess – one of many chess variants A chess variant is a game related to, derived from or inspired by chess.[1] The difference from chess might include one or more of the following: different board (larger or smaller, non… …

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  • 20Chess endgame — In chess and chess like games, the endgame (or end game or ending) is the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board. The line between middlegame and endgame is often not clear, and may occur gradually or with the quick… …

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