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episcopate

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e⋅pis⋅co⋅pate

  [i-pis-kuh-pit, -peyt]
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–noun
1. the office and dignity of a bishop; bishopric.
2. the order or body of bishops.
3. the incumbency of a bishop.
4. the diocese of a bishop.
Origin:
1635–45; < LL episcopātus the office of a bishop. See bishop, -ate 3
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e·pis·co·pate   (ĭ-pĭs'kə-pĭt, -pāt')   
n.  

  1. The position, term, or office of a bishop.

  2. The area of jurisdiction of a bishop; a diocese.

  3. Bishops considered as a group. Also called episcopacy.


[Late Latin episcopātus, from episcopus, bishop; see bishop.]
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