How to pronounce “episcopate”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• Bishops seen as a group.
• The tenure in office of a bishop.
• (rare) A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To act as a bishop.

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