EPISCOPATE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

2.
n.

The collective body of bishops.

3.
n.

The time of a bishop's rule.

4.
v.

To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.] Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton.