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episcopal
| episcopal church
| episcopal church of scotland
| episcopalian
| episcopalianism
| episcopally
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episcopal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective episcopal has 2 senses
- episcopal(a = adj.pert) episcopalian - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister"
- episcopal(a = adj.pert) pontifical - denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops; Array Derived form noun bishop1
CIDE DICTIONARY
episcopal, a. [L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopal. See Bishop.].
- Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church. [1913 Webster]
- Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
episcopal, adj.
1 of a bishop or bishops.
2 (of a Church) constituted on the principle of government by bishops.
1 of a bishop or bishops.
2 (of a Church) constituted on the principle of government by bishops.
Idiom
Episcopal Church the Anglican Church in Scotland and the US, with elected bishops.
Derivative
episcopalism n. episcopally adv.
Etymology
ME f. F {eacute}piscopal or eccl.L episcopalis f. episcopus BISHOP
THESAURUS
episcopal
abbatial, abbatical, archiepiscopal, canonical, capitular, capitulary, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopalian, evangelistic, ministerial, pastoral, prelatial, prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish, priestly, rabbinic, sacerdotal, ultramontaneROGET THESAURUS
episcopal
Churchdom
N church, churchdom, ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church, clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism, theocracy, ecclesiology, ecclesiologist, priestcraft, odium theologicum, monachism, monachy, monasticism, monkhood, pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, prelacy, bishopric, bishopdom, episcopate, episcopacy, see, diocese, deanery, stall, canonry, canonicate, prebend, prebendaryship, benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure, rectorship, vicariate, vicarship, deaconry, deaconship, curacy, chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, abbacy, presbytery, holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation, popedom, the Vatican, the apostolic see, religious sects, council, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry, sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic, hierarchical, archiepiscopal, episcopal, episcopalian, canonical, monastic, monachal, monkish, abbatial, abbatical, Anglican, pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish, ultramontane, priest-ridden.
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