episcopate

/ษชหˆpษชskษ™pษ™t/

IPA: /IH0 P IH0 S K AH0 P EY1 T/

noun
  1. 1

    Bishops seen as a group.

    โ€œThe American Roman Catholic episcopate regularly meets together.โ€

  2. 2

    The tenure in office of a bishop.

    โ€œBishop Smith's episcopate ran for more than 30 years.โ€

  3. 3

    A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.

verb
  1. 1

    To act as a bishop.

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