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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church;
- Example: "the Episcopal hierarchy"
- Example: "married by an Episcopalian minister"
[syn: Episcopal, Episcopalian]

2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops;
[syn: episcopal, pontifical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Episcopal \E*pis"co*pal\, a. [L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf. F. ['e]piscopal. See Bishop.] 1. Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Episcopal adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister" [syn: Episcopal, Episcopalian] 2: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops [syn: episcopal, pontifical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "episcopal": abbatial, abbatical, archiepiscopal, canonical, capitular, capitulary, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopalian, evangelistic, ministerial, pastoral, prelatial, prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish, priestly, rabbinic, sacerdotal, ultramontane