episcopacyn.
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society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical authority > [noun]
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1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 23 First three, afterward five Patriarchs had the general Episcopacy..over all the Christian World.
2. Government of the church by bishops; the system of church government which comprises three distinct orders, bishops, presbyters or priests, and deacons.
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society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [noun]
prelacya1500
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episcopality?c1622
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Episcopalianism1846
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 248 He was never a cordial friend to Episcopacy, but rather a patron of the Non-conformists.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 67 There was little more than the Name of Episcopacy preserv'd in that Church.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 80 Is the house of lords to be voted useless? Is episcopacy to be abolished? View more context for this quotation
1860 J. Forster Deb. Grand Remonstr. 87 In the year 1570, the institution of episcopacy in the Protestant church was openly assailed by the Lady Margaret's professor of divinity at Cambridge.
3. The position or office of bishop. rare.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > office of
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lawna1732
cathedra1863
1685 A. Lovell tr. R. Simon Crit. Hist. Relig. Eastern Nations i. 23 They observe not exactly the Age that is required for Priesthood and Episcopacy.
1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals (ed. 2) 86 Priests who attained the episcopacy.
4. The period during which a bishop holds his office; = episcopate n. Now rare.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > office of > tenure of
episcopacy1660
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1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. §11 By their differing presidencies or episcopacies.
1816 C. Sharp Hist. Hartlepool 20 During the episcopacy of Bishop Poor.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xi. 188 Aldhelm died in..the fifth year of his episcopacy.
5. concrete. The body of bishops in the aggregate.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > collective
prelacya1393
bishopdom1641
prelatry1641
episcopacya1797
prelatehood1804
prelature1820
episcopate1842
episcopy1874
episcopature1884
a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 38 Long may we enjoy our Church under a learned and edifying episcopacy.
1885 Manch. Examiner 10 Jan. 5/2 A usurping priesthood and an aggressive episcopacy.
1889 Standard 14 Sept. 5/3 The Episcopacy are still active in the preliminaries of the Electoral campaign.
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