Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To act as a bishop.
- To consecrate to the episcopal office; make a bishop of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make a bishop of by consecration.
- intransitive verb To perform the duties of a bishop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To perform the duties of a
bishop .
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Examples
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State; an attempt to "episcopize," to proselyte the colonies, and eventually to overturn the New England ecclesiastical and civil governments. [r] "It was known," wrote John Adams fifty years later,
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene
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[t] Dr. Charles Chauney attacked the S.P. G. as endeavoring to increase their power, not to proselytize among the Indians, but to episcopize the colonists.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene
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