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episcopants

episcopants is the plural of episcopant.

Meaning of episcopant

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...

Questions about episcopants

What is episcopants the plural of?
Episcopants is the plural of episcopant.

Words near episcopants in the dictionary

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

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