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episcopable, a.|ɪˈpɪskəpəb(ə)l| [f. L. episcop-us bishop + -able.] Qualified for appointment as a bishop.
1676Marvell Gen. Councils Wks. 1875 IV. 132 The deacons..would prick on to render themselves capable and episcopable, upon the first vacancy. 1680Hobbes Considerations 43 The rest of the Clergy, Bishops and Episcopable men. 1884Pall Mall G. 31 May 12/1 The Prime Minister has taken four years to discover that episcopable men exist outside his own ecclesiastical party. |