Religious teacher and a couple of bishops in Rhode Island
I believe the answer is:
rabbi
'religious teacher' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a couple of bishops in rhode island' is the wordplay.
'couple of' says to double the letters.
'bishops' becomes 'b' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'rhode island' becomes 'ri' (US postal abbreviation).
'b' duplicated is 'bb'.
'a'+'bb'='abb'
'abb' going inside 'ri' is 'RABBI'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rabbi that I've seen before include "Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation" , "Minister of a synagogue" , "Religious leader of Jewish congregation" , "Teacher of Jewish law" , "Jewish minister" .)