episcopate

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  1. noun The position, term, or office of a bishop.
  2. noun The area of jurisdiction of a bishop; a diocese.
  3. noun Bishops considered as a group. Also called episcopacy.

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  • Yet the honours and advantages of the episcopate were then so considerable that his enemies were able to describe him as an ambitious man. —  Saint Augustin
  • In the Catholic Church the sacrament of orders: the diaconate, priesthood, and episcopate are administered by a bishop through the laying on of hands. —  Pharyngula
  • In other words, neither the priesthood nor the episcopate is merely an office that a man holds but something, once he has received the Sacrament of Holy Orders, that is essential to his very being. —  About.com Catholicism
  • It is the common opinion to-day that the episcopate is an order. —  Latest Articles
  • To restore the episcopate was from this moment his steady policy. —  History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) Puritan England, 1603-1660
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  1. Late Latin episcopātus, from episcopus, bishop; see bishop.

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  1. from Middle Latin episcopatus, past participle of episcopare, deponent episcopari, be a bishop, from Late Latin episcopus, a bishop: see episcopal, bishop.
  2. = Dutch episkopaat = German episkopat = French épiscopat = Spanish Portuguese episcopado = Italian episcopato, from Late Latin episcopatus, the office and dignity of a bishop, from episcopus, a bishop, + -atus, English -ate.
 

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/əˈpɪskəpeɪt/
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