episcopacy
English
Etymology
From episcopa(te) + -cy and/or episcopa(l) + -cy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/
Noun
episcopacy (plural episcopacies)
- The office of bishop and the governance of the Church by bishops.
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p. 16:
- Further religious division occurred during the post-Restoration decades in the reign of Charles II, when strenuous and violent efforts were made by the Government to impose an episcopacy on the Scottish Church.
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p. 16:
- Bishops collectively; episcopate.
Synonyms
Translations
government of the church by bishops
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bishops collectively
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