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[ ih-pis-kuh-puhl ] / ɪˈpɪs kə pəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR episcopal ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to a bishop: episcopal authority. based on or recognizing a governing order of bishops: an episcopal hierarchy. (initial capital letter) designating the Anglican Church or some branch of it, as the Episcopal Church in America. noun(initial capital letter)Informal. an Episcopalian. Origin of episcopalFirst recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Late Latin word episcopālis.See bishop, -al1 OTHER WORDS FROM episcopale·pis·co·pal·ly, adverbnon·e·pis·co·pal, adjectivenon·e·pis·co·pal·ly, adverbpseu·do·e·pis·co·pal, adjective qua·si-e·pis·co·pal, adjectivequa·si-e·pis·co·pal·ly, adverb Words nearby episcopalepiscleral artery, episcleral space, episcleral vein, episcleritis, episcopacy, episcopal, Episcopal Church, Episcopal Church in America, Episcopalian, episcopalism, Episcopal vicar Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for episcopalI am a Bishop of The Episcopal Church, having served as the Bishop of New Hampshire for a decade, before retiring in January 2013. The Faith-Based Big Tent|Gene Robinson|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Debra, a New York-based lawyer who grew up in the Episcopal Church, said the practice has never bothered her. Can You Catch a Cold at Communion?|Keli Goff|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST Comes word that the National Cathedral, an Episcopal Church, will start to perform same-sex marriages. The Reverend Hall, America Hero|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST In 2003, when I was elected bishop, it was not at all certain that the Episcopal Church would consent to my election. Bishop Gene Robinson on His New Book ‘God Believes in Love’ & More|David Sessions|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Actually, the Episcopal Church has dramatically changed in a very short period of time. Bishop Gene Robinson on His New Book ‘God Believes in Love’ & More|David Sessions|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Monastic chapters in episcopal churches were almost unknown out of England. William the Conqueror|Edward Augustus Freeman They relate to the two points of episcopal jurisdiction and superintendence, and residence of parochial clergy. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third, Volume 2 (of 2)|The Duke of Buckingham The arbitration of bishops had the force of positive law, and judges were instructed to execute the episcopal decrees. Beacon Lights of History, Volume IV|John Lord Abbe Buonavita was just entering the room, "I give you the episcopal mitre." Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne The episcopal seal of the nonjuring bishops was a shepherd with a sheep upon his shoulders. Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850|Various
British Dictionary definitions for episcopal (1 of 2)
adjectiveof, denoting, governed by, or relating to a bishop or bishops Derived forms of episcopalepiscopally, adverbWord Origin for episcopalC15: from Church Latin episcopālis, from episcopus bishop British Dictionary definitions for episcopal (2 of 2)
adjectivebelonging to or denoting the Episcopal Church Derived forms of EpiscopalEpiscopally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to episcopalpastoral, ministerial, monastic, ecclesiastical, rabbinical, clerical, sectarian, canonical, ecclesiastic, holy, papal, pontifical, sacerdotal, sacred, churchly, cleric, apostolic, monkish, parsonical, prelatic |