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episcopacy
Word definitions for episcopacy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Episcopacy \E*pis"co*pa*cy\, n. [See Episcopate .] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Government of the church by bishops. 2 Bishops collectively; episcopate.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "government of the church by bishops;" 1650s, "a bishop's period in office;" see episcopal + -cy .
Usage examples of episcopacy.
Myriel to the episcopacy, the emperor made him a baron of the empire, at the same time with several other bishops.
Questions of episcopacy and papal supremacy are… well, completely moot.
He had just at that time been made, while waiting for the episcopacy, grand-vicar of the Archbishop of Paris.