These are the meanings of the letters YIPOSHBL when you unscramble them.
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Bishop (n.)
A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
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Bishop (n.)
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.
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Bishop (n.)
In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.
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Bishop (n.)
A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.
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Bishop (n.)
A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.
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Bishop (n.)
An old name for a woman's bustle.
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Bishop (v. t.)
To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
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Bishop (v. t.)
To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.
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Boyish (a.)
Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.
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Polish (a.)
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
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Polish (n.)
The language of the Poles.
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Polish (v. t.)
To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
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Polish (v. t.)
Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
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Polish (v. i.)
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
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Polish (n.)
A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
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Polish (n.)
Anything used to produce a gloss.
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Polish (n.)
Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.