See Also: episcopate(1)(dictionary)
episcopate(2)(dictionary)

episcopate(2) (iou)



episcopate noun. M17.
[ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus, from episcopus BISHOP noun: see -ATE1.]
The position or office of a bishop. M17.
G. Priestland We do not believe the Church of England..should play with the episcopate as if it were a privately-owned treasure.
An episcopal see, a bishopric. E19.
Disraeli The Church Temporalities Bill in 1833..suppressed ten Irish episcopates.
Bishops collectively; the body of bishops in a Church. Treated as sing. or pl. M19.
The period during which a bishop holds office. L19.
E. A. Freeman In the third year of his episcopate he was driven out.