episcopate
Meaning of episcopate
noun
the office of a bishop.
mid 17th century: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus ‘made a bishop’, from episcopus ‘bishop’, from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’ (see bishop).
Information about episcopate
- It is a name.
- The plural form of episcopate is: episcopates.
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Hyphenation of episcopate
epis-co-pate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- episcopate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
episcopate synonyms
Meaning diocese:
Meaning episcopacy:
Meaning bishopry:
Translation of episcopate
- French: épiscopat
- Spanish: episcopado
- Italian: episcopato
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