Bishop
Bishop noun - A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ.
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Elephant and bishop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Elephant" instead a noun "Bishop".
Nearby Word: bishopric
Elephant
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- Even today, the word for the bishop piece is alfil in Spanish, alfiere in Italian, "fīl" in Persian and слон (which means elephant) in Russian.
Source: Tabletop Game / Shatranj - This comes as a puzzlement to players of the Russian version of the game, who see no connection between his church title (yepiskop, bishop) and the Russian name for the bishop chess piece that he uses in his quotes (slon, elephant).
Source: Lost in Translation -
Averted, however, with Slon the Rook and Ladja the Bishop; while 'slon' means elephant in Russian (and would therefore seem like a good name for a rook), it's the Russian term for the bishop, and 'ladja' is the term for the rook.
Source: Video Game / Dragon Quest V
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