Episcopate

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  • noun. The position, term, or office of a bishop.
  • noun. The area of jurisdiction of a bishop; a diocese.
  • noun. Bishops considered as a group.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To act as a bishop; fill the office of a prelate.
  • noun. The office and dignity of a bishop; a bishopric.
  • noun. The incumbency of a bishop.
  • noun. The order of bishops; the episcopal institution; a body of bishops.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
  • noun. The collective body of bishops.
  • noun. The time of a bishop's rule.
  • intransitive verb. To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Bishops seen as a group.
  • noun. The tenure in office of a bishop.
  • noun. A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.
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  • noun. the office and dignity of a bishop
  • noun. the collective body of bishops
  • noun. the term of office of a bishop
  • noun. the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
  • Hypernym
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    berth  billet  incumbency  office  people  
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    bishopric