■ 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 with its top shaped like a mitre, that can move in any direction along a diagonal.
3》 mulled and spiced wine.
Origin
OE biscop , bisceop , based on Gk episkopos 'overseer', from epi 'above' + -skopos '-looking'.