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episcopacy

[ih-pis-kuh-puh-see]

e·pis·co·pa·cy

[ih-pis-kuh-puh-see]
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.

Origin:
1640–50; episcop(ate) + -acy
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Episcopacy has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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episcopacy (ɪˈpɪskəpəsɪ)
 
n , pl -cies
1.  government of a Church by bishops
2.  another word for episcopate

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