episcopate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin episcopatus, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “watching over”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
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Translations[edit]
bishops as a group
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Verb[edit]
episcopate (third-person singular simple present episcopates, present participle episcopating, simple past and past participle episcopated)
- (intransitive) To act as a bishop.