Past tense and past participle of episcopize; organized under episcopal governance or ordained as a bishop using American English spelling.
Regular past tense of 'episcopize' with '-ed' suffix, maintaining American spelling conventions. Functionally identical to British 'episcopised.'
If you're reading American church history texts, you'll see 'episcopized' where British sources say 'episcopised'—same meaning, different spelling conventions reflecting colonial linguistic divergence.
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