episcopy
episcopy · episcopies
Supervision; superintendenceSupervision; superintendence.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Supervision; superintendence.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Episcopacy.
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἐπισκοπή (episkopḗ), from ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, bishop”). SeFrom Ancient Greek ἐπισκοπή (episkopḗ), from ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, bishop”). See bishop. First attested in 1642 in John Milton’s The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty.
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Forms
plural: episcopies| Singular | episcopy |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable