Hyphenation of bishop

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word bishop? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of bishop:

1.	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
2.	Port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
3.	(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

Synonyms of bishop:

noun	priest
noun	mulled wine
noun	chessman, chess piece

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.