Noun: episcopate
| Singular | episcopate |
| Plural | episcopates |
Sample Sentences
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The American Roman Catholic episcopate meets regularly.
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Bishop Smith's episcopate ran for more than 30 years.
Nouns inflected like episcopate
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Late Latin episcopatus, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “watching over”). See: Latin Nouns '
episcopus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἐπίσκοπος'.