episcopalizev.
/ɪˈpɪskəpəlʌɪz/ rare.
transitive. To attribute an episcopal position to (a person); to speak of as a bishop.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > appoint as bishop [verb (transitive)]
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1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 245 To episcopalize Saint Lazarus is quite as anachronismatical a sin as clapping the tiara upon the unconscious head of Saint Peter.
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