Look up: episcopacy

1. episcopacy
   In the Christian church, a system of government in which administrative and spiritual power over a district (diocese) is held by a bishop. The Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and...
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2. Episcopacy
   E·pis'co·pa·cy noun [ See Episcopate .] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.
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3. episcopacy
   episcopate noun the collective body of bishops
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4. Episcopacy
   • (n.) Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.
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5. episcopacy
   in some Christian churches, the office of a bishop and the concomitant system of church government based on the three orders, or offices, of the ... [15 related articles]
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6. Episcopacy
   Episcopacy is the system of church government in which bishops are established as distinct from and superior to priests or presbyters, there being in the church three distinct orders - deacons, priests, and bishops.
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7. episcopacy
   In the Christian church, a system of government in which administrative and spiritual power over a district (diocese) is held by a bishop
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