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单词 episcopate
释义 epis·co·pate
\-pə̇]t, -ˌpā], usually ]d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Late Latin episcopatus, from episcopus + Latin -atus -ate
1.
 a. : the office of a bishop
  < he held the episcopate for 10 years >
 b. : the institution of episcopacy
  < the abortive effort to introduce the episcopate in the colonies — M.H.Shepherd >
2. : diocese
 < in administrative matters the episcopate is an autonomous organization — F.S.Mead >
3. : the body of bishops (as in a country)
 < the episcopate and the nobility >
4. : the period of a bishop's office
 < he spent almost all his episcopate in journeys through his province — S.V.Troitsky >
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