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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•pis•co•pal (i pis′kə pəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Religionof or pertaining to a bishop:episcopal authority.
- Religionbased on or recognizing a governing order of bishops:an episcopal hierarchy.
- Religion(cap.) designating the Anglican Church or some branch of it, as the Episcopal Church in America.
n. - Informal Terms, Religion(cap.) an Episcopalian.
- Late Latin episcopālis. See bishop, -al1
- late Middle English 1425–75
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