episcopyn.
/ɪˈpɪskəpi/ 1. Survey; superintendence; spec. (in form episcopé) of pastoral government.
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society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical authority > [noun]
spiritualtya1387
prelacyc1425
spritualitya1450
spiritualityc1450
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episcopacy1659
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 48 The censor in his morall episcopy.
1957 Relations betw. Anglican & Presb. Churches 20 Among the functions of the ordained ministry..is..that of exercising oversight or ‘episcopé’. Apostolic mission and authority continue to be exercised through this ‘episcopé’, which includes pastoral care, the continuance of the ordained ministry through ordination, and the guardianship of truth and exclusion of error.
1963 R. S. Louden True Face of Kirk iv. 39 In Presbytery..there has been gathered up this apostolic authority to ordain and induct—the oversight of the flock of God (Episcopé), regularly continued from Christian generation to generation, is corporately exercised and transmitted through Presbytery, in good church order.
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society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [noun]
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episcopality?c1622
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Episcopalianism1846
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv. §9 It was the universal doctrine of the Church of God for many ages..that episcopy is the divine, or apostolical institution.
3. concrete. The body or bench of bishops. rare.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > collective
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episcopacya1797
prelatehood1804
prelature1820
episcopate1842
episcopy1874
episcopature1884
1874 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III. xviii. iii. 337 A view supported by the English episcopy.
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