(slang) A minced oath, a euphemism by phonetic modification of "bitch" (as a term of abuse). / (Britain, slang, dated) A mistake. / (Britain, slang) A bishop.

(chess) Abbreviation of bishop.

plural of bish

A surname.

plural of Bish

(Britain, informal) Indicating the completion of a task with efficiency.

(Christianity) An 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.

(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church. / (by extension, jocularly, obsolete) To confirm (in its other senses).

(UK, colloquial, obsolete) To murder by drowning.

A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs. / The office or function of a bishop.