Bishops getting poor copies on damaged tape (10)
I believe the answer is:
episcopate
'bishops getting' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'poor copies on damaged tape' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'copies' anagrammed gives 'episco'.
'tape' is an anagram of 'pate'.
'episco'+'pate'='EPISCOPATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for episcopate that I've seen before include "See" , "clergyman's office" , "Bishopric" , "bishop's office" .)