单词 | episcopal |
释义 | episcopaladj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to a bishop or bishops. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adjective] bishoplyc890 mitredc1400 hornedc1425 pontificalc1440 episcopal1485 bishoplike1544 rocheted?1544 rochet1561 pontificial1591 pontifician1618 lawny1647 episcopalian1822 1485–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 1st Roll §67. m. 45 Archebisshops and bisshops and othre ordinaries havyng episcopall jurisdiccion. 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 4 A City..Dignified with an Episcopal See. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. ii. (R.) The usual mode of elevating to the episcopal chair. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 210 The episcopal ring..was considered a symbol of sacerdotal authority. 2. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, episcopacy. †Formerly also of persons: Advocating or supporting episcopacy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [adjective] prelatical1641 prelating1641 prelatic1642 prelatish1642 episcopal1651 episcoparian1691 episcopalian1768 Pisky1910 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 145 The Episcopall Party are far more confirmed in their way by it. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 379 By removing diverse of the kirk party and putting in episcopall men. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. ix. 580 The Maintenance and Support of the Episcopal Government in England. 1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts ii. vii. 433 The Christian Church..gives full Testimony in behalf of Episcopal Government. 3. Of a church: Constituted on the principle of episcopacy. Often spec. (with initial capital) of the Anglican Church, of which in Scotland and the United States it is the ordinary designation; also with prefixed adjective in the names of certain other religious bodies, as Methodist Episcopal, Reformed Episcopal. Hence of buildings used for worship, clergy, forms of service, etc.: Belonging to such a church.In U.S. sometimes of persons, = episcopalian adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > [adjective] Anglican1598 Anglical1600 episcopal1752 episcopalian1768 Church of Englandist1818 churchy1843 church1853 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 69 The established clergy were episcopal. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Kelso The episcopal chapel. a1831 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 59 The distress of the English Episcopal Church during the Usurpation. 1844 S. Wilberforce Hist. Protestant Episc. Church Amer. (1846) 437 It would be difficult to find, in the whole Episcopal communion throughout America, one specimen, etc. An adherent of episcopacy; one belonging to the Episcopal church; = episcopalian adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [noun] > supporter of bishopist1590 prelatist1641 cathedralist1644 episcoparian1649 episcopal1709 episcopalian1738 1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 26 The Dissenting Episcopals. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 310 Twenty Episcopals perchance to one Kirker of the Calvinistical Order. 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 181 Good episcopal as I am, you have sickened me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.n.1485 |
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