EPISCOPATE

episcopate

Noun

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


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