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Episcopate

A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

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Archdiocese 76% connected

The diocese of an archbishop.

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Eparchy 76% connected

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a mo…

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Exarchate 76% connected

The office or the province of an exarch.

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Berth 76% connected

Convenient sea room.

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Incumbency 76% connected

The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.

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Jurisdiction 76% connected

The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority…

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Office 76% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Tenure 76% connected

The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.

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Parish 70% connected

That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.

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See 70% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Bishopric 92% connected

A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

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Diocese 92% connected

The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.

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Episcopacy 92% connected

Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops…

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