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EPISCOPATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The office and dignity of a bishop
Synonyms:
bishopry; episcopate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("episcopate" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The collective body of bishops
Synonyms:
episcopacy; episcopate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("episcopate" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
Synonyms:
bishopric; diocese; episcopate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("episcopate" is a kind of...):
jurisdiction (in law; the territory within which power can be exercised)
Meronyms (parts of "episcopate"):
see (the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located)
parish (the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "episcopate"):
archdiocese (the diocese of an archbishop)
eparchy; exarchate (a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The term of office of a bishop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("episcopate" is a kind of...):
incumbency; tenure; term of office (the term during which some position is held)
