释义 |
episcopation|ɪpɪskəˈpeɪʃən| [f. L. episcopus + -ation.] The action of making a person a bishop; the fact of becoming a bishop.
1872M. Collins Pr. Clarice II. xviii. 213 Her [a bishop's wife's] quasi-episcopation can hardly be expected to affect you. a1876― in Pen Sketches (1879) I. 251 The story of the episcopation of the saintly Ken. |