episcopal
adjective /ɪˈpɪskəpl/
/ɪˈpɪskəpl/
- connected with a bishop or bishops
- episcopal power
- (usually Episcopal)(also Episcopalian)(of a Christian Church) that is governed by bishops
- the Episcopal Church (= the Anglican Church in Scotland and the US)
Word Originlate Middle English: from French épiscopal or ecclesiastical Latin episcopalis, from episcopus ‘bishop’, from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.