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episcopant

episcopant noun: a bishop.

Noun

episcopant (plural episcopants)

  1. (obsolete) A bishop.
    • [T]he interceſſion of all theſe Apoſtolick Fathers could not prevaile vvith them to alter their reſolved decree of reducing into Order their uſurping, and over-provender'd Epiſcopants: […]1641 June or July, [John Milton], Of Prelatical Episcopacy, and Whither It may be Deduc’d from the Apostolical Times by Vertue of Those Testimonies which are Alledg’d to that Purpose in Some Late...

Forms of episcopant

pluralepiscopants

Questions about episcopant

What does episcopant mean?
Episcopant means a bishop.
What part of speech is episcopant?
Episcopant is a noun.
What is the plural of episcopant?
The plural of episcopant is episcopants.

Words near episcopant in the dictionary

  1. episcopalism
  2. episcopality
  3. episcopall
  4. episcopally
  5. Episcopals
  6. episcopant
  7. episcopants
  8. episcoparian
  9. episcopate
  10. episcopated
  11. episcopates

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