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episcopus.

bishop; patriarch; [~ castrensis => military bishop; ~ chori => choir director];

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɛˈpɪs.kɔ.pʊs]Classical-Latin[eˈpis.ko.pus]
  1. overseer, supervisor, bishop (in a Christian church who governs a diocese)

    Late-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”).

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