Obs. [f. med.L. episcopāt- ppl. stem of episcopāre, f. episcopus bishop.] a. intr. To act as a bishop; to become a bishop. b. trans. To make (a person) a bishop.
1641. Milton, Ch. Govt., ii. (1851), 106. There he [S. Peter] commits to the Presbyters only full authority both of feeding the flock, and Episcopating.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies (1840), II. 379. Though all the rest were episcopated, doctor Fulke was but doctor Fulke still.
1705. Wycherley, 7 April, in Pope’s Lett. (1735), I. 9. A Bishop gains his Bishoprick by saying he will not Episcopate.
