Bishop vs. Cassock — What's the Difference?

A bishop is an ordained or appointed member in a religious institution, who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. The title is most often used in Christian churches, but is also used in some Japanese Buddhist institutions, and by the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo.

The cassock or soutane is a Christian clerical clothing coat used by the clergy of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, in addition to certain Protestant denominations such as Anglicans and Lutherans. "Ankle-length garment" is the literal meaning of the corresponding Latin term, vestis talaris.

A high-ranking Christian cleric, in modern churches usually in charge of a diocese and in some churches regarded as having received the highest ordination in unbroken succession from the apostles.

A full-length garment worn by certain Christian clergy, members of church choirs, and others having an office or role in a church.

Abbr. B(Games) A usually miter-shaped chess piece that can move diagonally across any number of unoccupied spaces.

An ankle-length garment with a close-fitting waist and sleeves, worn by the clergy and others assisting in church services.

Mulled port spiced with oranges, sugar, and cloves.

An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.

(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.

(obsolete) A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.

A similar official or chief priest in another religion.

(obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc.

(obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.

A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

(obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.

A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment.

A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.

A black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers

(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.

Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.

(dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.

A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.

A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.

A bustle.

A children's smock or pinafore.

(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.

To confirm (in its other senses).

(Christianity) To make a bishop.

To provide with bishops.

To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).

To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.

To murder by drowning.

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.

In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.

In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.

A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; - formerly called archer.

A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.

An old name for a woman's bustle.

To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.

To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.

A clergyman 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

Port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color