bishop
要点主教、監督
意味
- (新教の)主教,監督;(カトリック教の)司教;(仏教の)僧正
- (チェスで)ビショップ[のこま]
例文
The bishop took pity on the desperate immigrants.
宗教は、自暴自棄になった移民達を哀れんで助けを与えた。
The bishops were in favor of the proposition.
司教達はその提案に賛成であった。
The bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
司教は、自暴自棄になった移民たちを哀れんで助けを与えた。
語源
ギリシャ語episkopos「上から(epi)見守る(skopos)人」から。信者を見守る監督者「主教・司教」。
telescope、microscopeのscopeも「見る」。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English bischop, bishop, bisshop, biscop, from Old English bisċop (“bishop”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskop, from Vulgar Latin (e)biscopus, from classical Latin episcopus (“overseer, supervisor”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), used in Greek and Latin both generally and as a title of civil officers. Cognate with all European terms for the position in various Christian churches; compare also Middle English bisp (“bishop”). * The Tyndale Bible uses native English overseer instead.