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episcopate

episcopate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The collective body of bishops.
  2. 2.The time of a bishop's rule.
  3. 3.To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.] Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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