episcopate

noun

1. 主教团（统称某教会或地区的主教）
   the bishops of a particular church or area
2. 主教职位；主教任期
   the job of bishop or the period of time during which sb is bishop

1. Some time after the elevation of M.Myriel to the episcopate, the Emperor had made HIM a baron of the Empire, in company with many other bishops.
   米里哀先生升任主教不久，皇上便封了他为帝国的男爵，同时也封了好几个旁的主教。

noun

1. the office and dignity of a bishop

   Synonym:    bishopry

2. the collective body of bishops

   Synonym:    episcopacy

3. the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

   Synonym:    diocesebishopric

4. the term of office of a bishop