episcopacy (redirected from episcopacies)

e·pis·co·pa·cy  (-psk-p-s)

n. pl. e·pis·co·pa·cies

1. See episcopate.

2. A system of church government in which bishops are the chief clerics.

---

[From episcopate.]

---

episcopacy [ɪˈpɪskəpəsɪ]

n pl -cies

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) government of a Church by bishops

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) another word for episcopate

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

episcopacy - the collective body of bishops episcopate people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

Translations

episcopacy [ɪˈpɪskəpəsɪ] N → episcopado m

episcopacy

n (Eccl) → Episkopat nt; the episcopacy → das Episkopat, die Gesamtheit der Bischöfe