Episcopacy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See episcopate.
  • n. A system of church government in which bishops are the chief clerics.
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  • n. Government of the church by bishops.
  • n. Bishops collectively; episcopate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Government of the church by bishops; that form of church government in which there are three distinct orders of ministers—bishops, priests or presbyters, and deacons.
  • n. The state of being a bishop; episcopal rank or office.
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  • n. the collective body of bishops
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    bishopric   
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    church-government    primogeniture    chanceries    covenanting    centralisation   
     
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