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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

episcopatus

, fr.

episcopus

: cf. F.

épiscopat

. See

A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

The collective body of bishops.

The time of a bishop’s rule.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Episcopated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Episcopating

To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.

[Obs.]

Feeding the flock

episcopating

Milton.

Noun.

A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

The order of bishops.

Verb.

To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.