Complete Definition of "episcopate"

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Noun

en-noun

  1. Bishops seen as a group.

#:The American Roman Catholic episcopate regularly meets together.

  1. The tenure in office of a bishop.

#:Bishop Smith's episcopate ran for more than 30 years.
#rare A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.

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