EPISCOPATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does episcopate mean? 

• EPISCOPATE (noun)
  The noun EPISCOPATE has 4 senses:

1. the term of office of a bishop

2. the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

3. the collective body of bishops

4. the office and dignity of a bishop

  Familiarity information: EPISCOPATE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPISCOPATE (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

bishopric; diocese; episcopate

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 3

Meaning:

The collective body of bishops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

episcopacy; episcopate

Hypernyms ("episcopate" is a kind of...):

people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The office and dignity of a bishop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bishopry; episcopate

Hypernyms ("episcopate" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)