Episcopal
[ɪ'pɪskəp(ə)l;e-] or [ɪ'pɪskəpl]
Definition
(adj.) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops .
(adj.) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; 'the Episcopal hierarchy'; 'married by an Episcopalian minister' .
Typist: Weldon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.
(a.) Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Episcopalian.
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Examples
- Another was discovered in them and murdered in the episcopal chair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So there grew up in England a representative assembly, the Commons, beside an episcopal and patrician one, the Lords. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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