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单词 episcopal
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episcopal

(ɪpɪskəpəl)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Episcopal means relating to a branch of the Anglican Church in Scotland and the USA.
...the Scottish Episcopal Church.
...the Episcopal bishop of New York.
...the Protestant Episcopal church.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Episcopal means relating to bishops.
[formal]
...episcopal conferences.
...a set of red episcopal vestments.

episcopal in British English

(ɪˈpɪskəpəl)
adjective
of, denoting, governed by, or relating to a bishop or bishops
Derived forms
episcopally (eˈpiscopally)
adverb
Word origin
C15: from Church Latin episcopālis, from episcopus bishop

Episcopal in British English

(ɪˈpɪskəpəl)
adjective
belonging to or denoting the Episcopal Church
Derived forms
Episcopally (Eˈpiscopally)
adverb

episcopal in American English

(iˈpɪskəpəl; ɪˈpɪskəpəl)
adjective
1. 
of or governed by bishops
2.  [E-]
designating or of any of various churches governed by bishops, including the Protestant Episcopal and the Anglican Church
Derived forms
episcopally (eˈpiscopally)
adverb
Word origin
ME < LL(Ec) episcopalis

Examples of 'episcopal' in a sentence
episcopal

He would be responsible for dealings with episcopal conferences.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
It would consist of twenty elected members and be permanently responsible for the liaison between the pope and the episcopal conferences.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
In an episcopal church, the bishops should be the leaders.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Article IX called into question the right of episcopal conferences to oversee their own liturgical translations.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
At the 1969 Synod only presidents of episcopal conferences would be present.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
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