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episcopate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bishopric, diocese |
| Type of | jurisdiction |
| Has types | exarchate, eparchy, archdiocese |
episcopate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | episcopacy |
| Type of | people |
episcopate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | term of office, incumbency, tenure |
Examples of episcopate
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You surely admit that he is no bishop who during his episcopate begets children.
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Twelve days later Aidan died, on 31 August, in the 17th year of his episcopate.
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The Eastern Orthodox episcopate seems to have disappeared after the 11th century.
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He also exerted himself to promote the establishment of the Indian episcopate.
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The episcopate is a single whole, in which each bishop enjoys full possession.
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The episcopate is thought to constitute the priesthood in the highest degree.
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Like Ratzinger, Kasper is a first-rank theologian who was brought into the episcopate.
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In 1551 the episcopate was remodelled by the appointment of Protestants to the bench.
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There had already been a cathedral at Glasgow before Jocelin's episcopate.
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- The term of office of a bishop
- Episcopacy: the collective body of bishops
- The episcopate is the collective body of all bishops of a church. In the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Rite Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Old-Catholic, Moravian Church, and Independent Catholic churches as well as in the Assyrian Church of the East, it is held that only a ...
- (Episcopacy) Episcopal polity is a form of church governance which is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop (Greek: episcopos). ...
- (episcopacy) Government of the church by bishops; bishops collectively; episcopate
- (Episcopacy) The system of church polity whereby bishops serve as general superintendents and exercise certain authority within the denomination.
