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e·pis·co·pal    Audio Help   [i-pis-kuh-puhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to a bishop: episcopal authority.
2.based on or recognizing a governing order of bishops: an episcopal hierarchy.
3.(initial capital letter) designating the Anglican Church or some branch of it, as the Episcopal Church in America.
–noun
4.(initial capital letter) Informal. an Episcopalian.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME < LL episcopālis. See bishop, -al1]

e·pis·co·pal·ly, adverb
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e·pis·co·pal    Audio Help   (ĭ-pĭs'kə-pəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to a bishop.
  2. Of, relating to, or involving church government by bishops.
  3. Episcopal Of or relating to the Episcopal Church.


[Middle English, from Late Latin episcopālis, from episcopus, bishop; see bishop.]

e·pis'co·pal·ly adv.
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episcopal 
c.1460, from M.Fr. episcopal, from L.L. episcopalis, from L. episcopus (see bishop). Sense of a church governed by bishops is 1752. With a capital -E-, the ordinary designation of the Anglican church in the U.S. and Scotland.

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episcopal

adjective
1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister" 
2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops 

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Episcopal

Bish"op\, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See Spy, and cf. Episcopal.]

1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.

Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. --1 Pet. ii. 25.

It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( ? ) and "elder" or "presbyter." --J. B. Lightfoot.

2. In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.

Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a see which does not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. --Shipley.

Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), a term officially substituted in 1882 for bishop in partibus.

Bench of Bishops. See under Bench.

3. In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.

4. A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.

5. A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar. --Swift.

6. An old name for a woman's bustle. [U. S.]

If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone, A genuine lady, or a church, is known. --Saxe.
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