bishop
bishop は英検準2級・英検2級・英検準1級レベルの英単語で、「司教、ビショップ」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˈbɪʃəp/ です。
意味一覧 (2件)
司教
解説 Definition
「司教」とは、キリスト教の高位聖職者で、一定の地域（教区）の教会を統括する指導者です。司祭の上位に位置し、教会の教えや組織運営において重要な役割を担います。チェスでは斜めに動く駒（ビショップ）としても知られています。
A bishop is a senior Christian religious leader with authority over a group of churches or a region. The word is mainly used in church organization, especially in Catholic, Orthodox, and some Protestant traditions. It can also refer to a chess piece, but that is a different meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bishop はキリスト教の役職名で、「司教」を指します。priest は礼拝や儀式を行う司祭、bishop は複数の教会や一定地域の教区を監督する上位の聖職者、と階層で覚えると整理しやすいです。a bishop, become a bishop, appoint a bishop, the Bishop of Rome のように肩書きとして出やすく、church, diocese, clergy など教会組織の語と一緒に現れます。チェスでは同じ綴りの駒名としても知られています。
`Bishop` is a church title. A priest serves a local church, while a bishop is a higher leader who supervises churches in an area. Remember rank words such as `priest`, `bishop`, and `pope`, and title phrases like `the Bishop of Rome`.
例文
The bishop blessed the new church.
司教が新しい教会を祝福した。
In chess, the bishop moves diagonally across the board.
チェスでビショップは斜めに盤上を動く。
The bishop gave a speech about kindness.
司教がやさしさについてのスピーチをした。
ビショップ
(意味 2)解説 Definition
チェスで使う駒の一つで、盤上を斜め方向に何マスでも進めます。英語では chess bishop や white bishop のように、チェスの説明・対局・戦術の文脈でよく使われます。宗教上の司教とは別の意味です。
In chess, a bishop is a piece that can move any number of squares diagonally. It is often mentioned in game explanations, strategy, and commentary, in phrases like white bishop or dark-square bishop. In this meaning, bishop refers to a chess piece, not a religious leader.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bishop はチェス盤で斜めに長く動く駒として覚えるとよい。rook は縦横、knight はL字、bishop は diagonal「斜め」と結びつけると役割が整理しやすい。white bishop, dark-square bishop, capture a bishop のように、色やマス、取る動作と一緒に出やすい。宗教上の「司教」も同じつづりだが、チェス文脈では人ではなく駒を指す。
Remember bishop as the chess piece that moves diagonally for a long distance. It helps to compare the pieces: the rook moves straight, the knight moves in an L shape, and the bishop moves on diagonals. Common phrases like white bishop, dark-square bishop, and capture a bishop can also help fix its role in your mind. The same spelling can also mean a religious bishop, but in chess it means the piece.
例文
The bishop moved across the board and attacked the queen.
ビショップが盤上を動いてクイーンを攻撃した。
He traded his bishop for a rook to open the position.
彼は局面を開くためにビショップとルークを交換した。
The white bishop controls the long diagonal from the corner.
白のビショップは隅から長い斜めのラインを支配している。
bishop の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bishop は古英語 bisceop を経て、後期ラテン語 episcopus、さらにギリシャ語 episkopos「見守る人」にさかのぼります。epi-「上から」+ skopos「見る人」で、信徒を見守る役目から「司教」になりました。関連語は episcopal, episcopacy。
Bishop comes from Old English bisceop, borrowed through Late Latin episcopus from Greek episkopos. That Greek word meant "overseer," from epi- "over" and skopos "watcher" or "one who looks." The original sense was someone who watched over a group, which became the church title. Related English words include episcopal and episcopacy.
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