episcopacy
NounSynonyms:
episcopate
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the collective body of bishopsSynonyms: episcopateType of people
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
E·pis′co·pa·cy noun
Origin: See Episcopate.
Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers — bishops, priests, and deacons — of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54