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adjective

Episcopal adj.

Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.

Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.

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Etymology of 'Episcopal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Episcopal" Quotes from Famous Books

... achievement seems to have satisfied the good bishop's belligerent propensities. He retired on his laurels (says Agapida) to his city of Jaen, where, in the fruition of all good things, he gradually waxed too corpulent for his corselet, which was hung up in the hall of his episcopal palace, and we hear no more of his military deeds throughout the residue of the holy ...

— Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada • Washington Irving

... say that the more advanced and enlightened members of the Episcopalian Church are steadily returning to the faith of their forefathers, regarding prayers for the dead. An acquaintance of mine, once a distinguished clergyman of the Episcopal communion, but now a convert, informed me that hundreds of Protestant clergymen in this country, and particularly in England, have a firm belief in the efficacy of prayers for the dead, but for well-known reasons ...

— Purgatory • Mary Anne Madden Sadlier

... me to have an Episcopal wedding, but I don't know but what it would work out well, after all. It would make it attract notice more, and women are always daffy over Episcopal weddings. They like classy things. We could put a card in the window, saying all the clergy bought the ...

— Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley • Belle K. Maniates

... und Aechten Freymaeurer Alten Systems. Neue Auflage, 5785. (Episcopal Letter addressed to the True and Faithful Freemasons of the Ancient System. New Edition, 5785.) Printed at Pittsburgh, ...

— The Communistic Societies of the United States • Charles Nordhoff

... better of the Hereford citizens, after their attempt to encroach upon his episcopal rights, he remitted one full half of their fine and devoted the other to the cathedral building. While he was showing in his life a disgraceful example to the clergy of the country, at the same time he gave liberally to the cathedral ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description - Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See • A. Hugh Fisher

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