e·pis·co·pal

[ih-pis-kuh-puhl]
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 Middle English < Late Latin episcopālis. See bishop, -al1

e·pis·co·pal·ly, adverb
non·e·pis·co·pal, adjective
non·e·pis·co·pal·ly, adverb
pseu·do·e·pis·co·pal, adjective
qua·si-e·pis·co·pal, adjective
qua·si-e·pis·co·pal·ly, adverb
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episcopal (ɪˈpɪskəpəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
of, denoting, governed by, or relating to a bishop or bishops
 
[C15: from Church Latin episcopālis, from episcopusbishop]
 
e'piscopally
 
adv

Episcopal (ɪˈpɪskəpəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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