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episcopacy(encyclopedia)
EPISCOPACY, eccl(law)

episcopacy (iou)



episcopacy noun. M17.
[from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus EPISCOPATE noun after prelacy: see -ACY.]
Government of a Church by bishops; the system of church government in which there is an order of bishops. M17.
Anthony Wood He was never a cordial friend to Episcopacy, but rather a patron of the Non-conformists.
= EPISCOPATE noun 4. M17.
P. H. Blair Remaining at first at Lindisfarne, but removing to Hexham during the episcopacy of Cuthbert.
= EPISCOPATE noun 1. Now rare. L17.
= EPISCOPATE noun 3. Treated as sing. or pl. L18.