1) Bishopric 2) Prelatism
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1) Episcopate
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• (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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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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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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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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The system of church polity whereby bishops serve as general superintendents and exercise certain authority within the denomination.
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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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episcopate noun the collective body of bishops
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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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government of the church by bishops; church government in which there are three distinct orders of ministers, namely bishops, priests or presbyters, and deacons. · episcopate.
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