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episcopacy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From episcop (ate) + -acy and/or episcopa(l) + -cy.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
    • 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, published 2009, page 16:
    • Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood
  2. (countable, uncountable) Bishops collectively: Synonym of episcopate.
    • Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship

Forms

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episcopacies Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

popeship · popedom · popedom · papacy · popeship · popehood · popehood · papacy

Deriveds

archiepiscopacy · monepiscopacy

Relateds

Episcopalianism · ecumenical council · episcopalian · congregationalism · Episcopalian · Congregationalism · episcopal · conciliarism · episcopate · nolo episcopari

Synonyms

bishopric · archbishopship · archbishophood · bishopry · bishopship · archbishopry · bishopdom · archbishopship · archbishopric · archbishopric · archbishopdom · archbishopry · archbishopdom · bishopric · bishopry · bishopdom · bishopship · bishophood

Translations (6)

io episkopeso (government of the church by bishops) · io episkoparo (bishops collectively) · pl episkopat (government of the church by bishops) · pl episkopat (bishops collectively) · it episcopato (bishops collectively) · it episcopato (government of the church by bishops)