episcopize

episcopize
/i pis"keuh puyz'/, v., episcopized, episcopizing.
v.t.
1. to make a bishop of.
2. to convert to Episcopalianism.
v.i.
3. to function as a bishop.
Also, esp. Brit., episcopise.
[1640-50; EPISCOP(AL) + -IZE]

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