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verb
To officially invest into a position of authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
to episcopize, appoint as bishop
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
First attested in 1635; borrowed from Medieval Latin incathedrātus, perfect passive participle of incathedrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
