Home › Words › A › alfinalfinalfin means A bishop.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, alfin ranks #12,996 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English awfyn, alphyn, aufyn, etc., from Middle French alfin, from Old Spanish alfil, arfil, from Arabic الفِيل (al-fīl, “the elephant”).nounA bishop.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.abun 61% match — Father, the title of a bishop in an Ethiopian or Coptic church. vs alfin →archbish 60% match — An archbishop. vs alfin →bishoplet 59% match — A petty bishop. vs alfin →bishoplike 58% match — Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop. vs alfin →diocesan 56% match — Pertaining to a diocese. vs alfin →bishopling 56% match — A little or petty bishop. vs alfin →bishoply 56% match — Like, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop vs alfin →bishopess 55% match — The wife of a bishop. vs alfin →