episcopal
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| —adj | |
| of, denoting, governed by, or relating to a bishop or bishops | |
| [C15: from Church Latin episcopālis, from episcopus | |
| e'piscopally | |
| —adv | |
| Episcopal (ɪˈpɪskəpəl) | |
| —adj | |
| belonging to or denoting the Episcopal Church | |
| E'piscopally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
episcopal
mid-15c., 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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Example sentences
AN invincible courage and constancy in resisting evil is a necessary ingredient of virtue, especially in the episcopal character.
Having therefore received the episcopal consecration, he cheerfully set himself to fulfil every duty of that important charge.
Great opposition was made against his episcopal consecration and mission, both by his own relations and by the clergy.
He is said to have been honoured there with the episcopal dignity, about the middle of the sixth century.
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