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( ἐðéóêïðή , oversight, Act_1:20), ministerial charge in the Church. In later times it came to mean
(1) the office and function of a bishop (q.v.), and
(2) the district over which he has jurisdiction. SEE DIOCESE; SEE EPISCOPACY.