Famous Scot almost rebuked by English bishop (10)
I believe the answer is:
celebrated
'famous' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'scot almost rebuked by english bishop' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is present in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'bishop' could be 'b' (chess abbreviation) and 'b' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for celebrated that I've seen before include "Rejoiced - famous" , "Did something enjoyable (to mark an event)" , "Publicly honoured" , "Notable" , "Observed (festival); famous" .)