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Definition of episcopate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

episcopate

noun
 
/ɪˈpɪskəpət/
 
/ɪˈpɪskəpət/
 [usually singular] (religion)
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  1. the episcopate
     the bishops of a particular church or areaTopics Religion and festivalsc2
  2. the job of bishop or the period of time during which somebody is bishop
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus ‘made a bishop’, from episcopus ‘bishop’, from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.
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