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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, supervisor”).
Noun
епископъ • (episkopŭ) m
- bishop
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “епископъ”, in Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 110.5, line 24:
сисинии҅ же е҅пископъ коупꙿно и҅ съ презвѵтеромъ а҅ртемомъ · въшедъ въ цръквище а҅ртемидово · вь҆са капища съкроуши · и҅ о҅гн҄емъ съжеже ·- (please add an English translation of this quotation)