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Webster 1913 Edition
Episcopate
1.
A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
2.
The collective body of bishops.
3.
The time of a bishop’s rule.
E-pis′co-pate
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Episcopated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Episcopating
.] To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.
[Obs.]
Feeding the flock
episcopating
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Episcopate
EPIS'COPATE
,Noun.
1.
The order of bishops.EPIS'COPATE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
episcopate
episcopate
English
Noun
episcopate (plural episcopates)
- Bishops seen as a group.
- The American Roman Catholic episcopate regularly meets together.
- The tenure in office of a bishop.
- Bishop Smith's episcopate ran for more than 30 years.
- (rare) A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.
Synonyms
Translations
bishops as a group
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