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Webster 1913 Edition


Episcopate

E-pis′co-pate

,
Noun.
[L.
episcopatus
, fr.
episcopus
: cf. F.
épiscopat
. See
Bishop
.]
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.
A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
1.
The order of bishops.

EPIS'COPATE

,
Verb.
I.
To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.

Definition 2024


episcopate

episcopate

English

Noun

episcopate (plural episcopates)

  1. Bishops seen as a group.
    The American Roman Catholic episcopate regularly meets together.
  2. The tenure in office of a bishop.
    Bishop Smith's episcopate ran for more than 30 years.
  3. (rare) A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.

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