e|pis|co|pate

e|pis|co|pate
e|pis|co|pate «ih PIHS kuh piht, -payt», noun.
1. the position, rank, or term of office of a bishop.
2. the district under the charge of a bishop; bishopric; see.
3. bishops as a group.
[< Latin episcopātus < episcopus bishop]

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