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episcopate

[ih-pis-kuh-pit, -payt] / ɪˈpɪs kə pɪt, -ˌpeɪt /
NOUN
bishopric
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"The Vatican has some problems in its communications with the French episcopate," the editorial said.

From Reuters ● Feb. 18, 2022

Religion journalist Terry Mattingly of the GetReligion.org blog noted that Bishop Rohrer’s new episcopate is facing a sharp drop in “active participants,” down from 32,445 in 2012 to 25,043 in 2019.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2021

The Maltese archbishop Charles Scicluna, a Vatican expert on paedophilia among the priesthood, will visit Poland next month, the Polish episcopate said on Thursday.

From The Guardian ● May 17, 2019

The Polish episcopate and local bishop acknowledged the burning, but declined to comment, AFP reported.

From Fox News ● Apr. 1, 2019

By 1851 the Colonial episcopate was fairly organized.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott


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