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Episcopacy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Episcopacy : \E*pis"co*pa*cy\, n. [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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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EPISCOPACY, eccl. law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office
or condition of a bishop.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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