episcopize

 [ih-pis-kuh-pahyz]  

e·pis·co·pize

   [ih-pis-kuh-pahyz] verb, e·pis·co·pized, e·pis·co·piz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make a bishop of.
2.
to convert to Episcopalianism.
verb (used without object)
3.
to function as a bishop.

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Also, especially British, e·pis·co·pise.

Origin:
1640–50; episcop(al) + -ize
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