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EPISCOPALISM

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e⋅pis⋅co⋅pal⋅ism

  [i-pis-kuh-puh-liz-uhm]
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–noun
the theory of church polity according to which the supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the episcopal order as a whole, and not in any individual except by delegation.
Origin:
episcopal + -ism
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