Etymology · Ancient Greek
ἐπίσκοπος
5 English words descend from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος, most common first.
- bishopAn overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
- superintendentA person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
- episcopalOf or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
- episcopateBishops seen as a group.
- PeshkopiA town in northeastern Albania, located east of the river Black Drin and southwest of the Mali i Gramës in the Korab mountain range; it is the seat of the county of Dibër, the municipality of Dibër and the former seat of the defunct Dibër district.