episcopate
episcopate[ɪˈpɪskəpət, ɛ-]noun- the office or term of office of a bishop
主教职位(或任期)
■(the episcopate)the bishops of a church or region collectively
[总称]主教,主教团
语源- mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus 'made a bishop', from episcopus 'bishop', from Greek episkopos 'overseer' (see bishop)
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