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episcopal

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e·pis·co·pal  (-psk-pl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a bishop.
2. Of, relating to, or involving church government by bishops.
3. Episcopal Of or relating to the Episcopal Church.

[Middle English, from Late Latin episcoplis, from episcopus, bishop; see bishop.]

e·pisco·pal·ly adv.

episcopal [ip-piss-kop-al]
Adjective
of or relating to bishops [Greek episkopos overseer]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.Episcopal - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister"
faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
2.episcopal - denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
Translations
Spanish episcopal [ɪˈpɪskəpl] adjepiscopal
French episcopal [ɪˈpɪskəpl] adjépiscopal(e)
German episcopal [ɪˈpɪskəpl] adjbischöflich;
the Episcopal Church → die Episkopalkirche

Italian episcopal [ɪˈpɪskəpəl] adjepiscopale

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Indeed, he had once or twice essayed to introduce the Episcopal form of service, on the Sundays that the pulpit was vacant; but Richard was a good deal addicted to carrying things to an excess, and then there was some thing so papal in his air that the greater part of his hearers deserted him on the second Sabbath—on the third his only auditor was Ben Pump, who had all the obstinate and enlightened orthodoxy of a high churchman.
Finally the people suspected that Governor Belcher was secretly endeavoring to establish the Episcopal mode of worship in the provinces.
I see already his muscular calves encased in the gaiters episcopal.
 
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