1.主教职务[权限,任期];主教团;主教管区
1.the office, position, or term of office of a bishop
2.a bishop's diocese or jurisdiction
3.bishops as a group
1.Pastoral politics has allowed the moral and intellectual level of the episcopate to slip to dangerous levels.
田园政治已经允许的主教道德和智力水平将降至危险水平。
2.A mediocre, rigid, and more conservative episcopate will be the lasting legacy of this papacy.
一个平庸的,僵化,保守主教将是本教皇持久的遗产。