episcopate
/ɪˈpɪskəpət/
noun
- The office, rank, or term of service of a bishop.
- He was elected to the episcopate after serving as a priest for twenty years.
- The responsibilities of the episcopate include ordaining new clergy.
- Her episcopate lasted for over three decades, during which she oversaw many new churches.
- All the bishops of a church or region considered as a group.
- The entire episcopate gathered for the annual conference.
- The Anglican episcopate includes bishops from many different countries.
- The episcopate issued a joint statement on social justice.
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