1. episcopate - Noun
2. episcopate - Verb
A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
The collective body of bishops.
The time of a bishop's rule.
To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to Paravicini Bagliani, p. 64 65, his alleged episcopate in Albenga is not attested in any of the contemporary sources and adds that the see of Albenga was occupied by Simon from 1230 until 1255. Source: Internet
Although Bede records that Æthelberht gave lands to support the new episcopate, a charter that claims to be a grant of lands from Æthelberht to Mellitus is a later forgery. Source: Internet
Chichester: Phillimore In the episcopate of William Warelwast (1107–37) the first Archdeacon of Cornwall was appointed (possibly Hugo de Auco). Source: Internet
Concerns over the historic episcopate have been sidelined since 2008, though they may re-emerge. Source: Internet
His episcopate, begun in 524, had not come to an end in 541; he converted to Catholicism two Visigothic chiefs, Mandrier and Flavian, who became anchorites and martyrs on the peninsula of Mandrier. Source: Internet
He believed that the English episcopate had been misrepresented before Adrian and that therefore his act was invalid. Source: Internet