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episcopal (iou)



episcopal adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French episcopal or ecclesiastical Latin episcopalis, from episcopus BISHOP noun: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to a bishop or bishops. LME.
vicar episcopal: see VICAR 3.
W. Jones The episcopal ring..was considered a symbol of sacerdotal authority. B. Moore An Abbot with episcopal powers.
Of or pertaining to episcopacy. Formerly also, advocating episcopacy. M17.
R. Nelson The Christian Church..gives full Testimony in behalf of Episcopal Government.
(Of a Church) constituted on the principle of government by bishops, possessing bishops; belonging to such a Church. M18.
Episcopal Church: spec. a Church of the Anglican Communion in the US, Scotland, and some other countries.
I. Shaw She was..sending her..son to an exclusive, all-boys' Episcopal school. Christian Socialist An episcopal priest.
b. noun. = EPISCOPALIAN noun. E18.
episco'pality noun (rare) episcopal manner or bearing; episcopacy; an episcopate: E17.
episcopally adverb as a bishop; at the hands of a bishop; as an episcopal Church: M17.