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episcopize

episcopize verb: to perform the duties of a bishop.

Verb

episcopize (third-person singular simple present episcopizes, present participle episcopizing, simple past and past participle episcopized)

  1. (intransitive) To perform the duties of a bishop.
  2. (transitive) To consecrate as a bishop.
    • An inclination to episcopize was evidently shown in this language; but Wesley did not yet venture upon the act1820, Robert Southey, The Life of John Wesley

Forms of episcopize

third-person singular presentepiscopizes
present participleepiscopizing
past participleepiscopized
pastepiscopized

Questions about episcopize

What does episcopize mean?
Episcopize means to perform the duties of a bishop.
What part of speech is episcopize?
Episcopize is a verb.
What is the past tense of episcopize?
The past tense of episcopize is episcopized.

Words near episcopize in the dictionary

  1. episcopies
  2. episcopise
  3. episcopised
  4. episcopises
  5. episcopising
  6. episcopize
  7. episcopized
  8. episcopizes
  9. episcopizing
  10. episcopolatry
  11. episcopophobia

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