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EPISCOPACY

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e⋅pis⋅co⋅pa⋅cy

  [i-pis-kuh-puh-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
1. government of the church by bishops; church government in which there are three distinct orders of ministers, namely bishops, priests or presbyters, and deacons.
2. episcopate.
Origin:
1640–50; episcop(ate) + -acy
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e·pis·co·pa·cy   (ĭ-pĭs'kə-pə-sē)   
n.   pl. e·pis·co·pa·cies

  1. See episcopate.

  2. A system of church government in which bishops are the chief clerics.


[From episcopate.]
e·pis·co·pate   (ĭ-pĭs'kə-pĭt, -pāt')   
n.  

  1. The position, term, or office of a bishop.

  2. The area of jurisdiction of a bishop; a diocese.

  3. Bishops considered as a group. Also called episcopacy.


[Late Latin episcopātus, from episcopus, bishop; see bishop.]
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