episcopate
1
9.9
- noun
- /ɪˈpɪs.kəˌpeɪt/
- Formal
:
episcopado
- The result is that the episcopate increasingly represents not the church but a faction within it, and faction is schism.
- the whole episcopate
- Anglican episcopate
- controversy within the episcopate
Examples
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In this way, the individual bishop is concretely taken into the whole episcopate.
Academic text (2002) -
In these canons of the Council of Constantinople, then, the episcopate made several important decisions.
Academic text (1991) -
The main problem during and after Vatican II, of course, was in the Episcopate.
Blog text (10) -
The one carrier or subject of the highest authority is the pope alone; the other is the whole episcopate in union with the pope.
Academic text (2002) -
The power of the Polish state has traditionally been closely linked with the power of the Polish episcopate.
Academic text (1999) -
The Committee's plan was not reintroduced at the next session, for the episcopate controversy had finally waned.
Academic text (1996) -
Without a doubt, Chalcedon represented an important attempt on the part of the episcopate to find a Christological language that was balanced, inclusive, and catholic.
Academic text (1991) -
His efforts were cautiously supported by the brotherhood of the Custody and by the clergy and episcopate of the Melkites.
Academic text (2018) -
In general, Wistrich has observed, the record of the French episcopate is, while far from unimpeachable, favorably compared to that of the German bishops.
Academic text (2000) -
The episcopate worked together to address issues within the church community.
Synonyms
1
9.9
A group of bishops who lead a church and the way they run it
How Many
- Formal
1
9.9
259
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Episcopate comes from Greek episkopos (with epi- 'over' and skopos 'watcher'), so the word is about people who 'watch over' the church. For this reason episcopate can mean the collective body of bishops — the group of church 'overseers'.