as in presbytery
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Recent Examples of episcopate
The diaconate represents the Church’s third degree of holy orders, below the presbyterate, or priests, and episcopate, or bishops.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
5 Dec. 2025
Vatican observers have long speculated that Francis saw Prevost as a potential successor, especially given his rapid rise and central role in shaping the modern episcopate.
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Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Amicable relations had long existed between the Catholic Church in Rome and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but the Roman episcopate embraced Mussolini’s regime and its aggressive foreign policy in the mid-1930s.
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Ian Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Feb. 2022
Healing will not begin until the episcopate reveals to the world what true repentance looks like, and makes that repentance visible through a change in behavior.
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C.c. Pecknold,
WSJ,
16 Aug. 2018
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
5 Dec. 2025
Vatican observers have long speculated that Francis saw Prevost as a potential successor, especially given his rapid rise and central role in shaping the modern episcopate.
—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Amicable relations had long existed between the Catholic Church in Rome and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but the Roman episcopate embraced Mussolini’s regime and its aggressive foreign policy in the mid-1930s.
—
Ian Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Feb. 2022
Healing will not begin until the episcopate reveals to the world what true repentance looks like, and makes that repentance visible through a change in behavior.
—
C.c. Pecknold,
WSJ,
16 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for episcopate
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Casa Carolina Hotel What was originally the presbytery of the Santa Catalina de Alejandría Cathedral is now one of Cartagena's newest boutique hotels, Casa Carolina.
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Inside Brixworth Church The choir, or presbytery—the heart of the church—is separated from the nave by a large arch.
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Two commissions studying the question of women in the diaconate, keeping discernment alive even without doctrinal change.
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During the liturgical celebration, seminarian William O’Donnell, 25, will be ordained to the transitional diaconate.
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After what authorities are billing as a massive procession in central Tehran on Monday the remains will be taken to the seminary city of Qom, the centre of Iran's Shi'ite hierarchy, for ceremonies on Tuesday.
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Defenders of slavery claimed that the institution was required by the natural hierarchy of humans reflected in the Constitution’s provisions.
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The agreement affects around 530 individuals who have filed abuse claims against current or former members of the city's Catholic clergy.
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Few commoners could read Latin, which helped the clergy retain a monopoly on biblical interpretation.
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“Episcopate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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