episcopacy

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/

Noun

episcopacy (plural episcopacies)

1. The office of bishop and the governance of the Church by bishops.
   • 2009, John Sadler (historian), Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p. 16:

     Further religious division occurred during the post-Restoration decades in the reign of Charles II, when strenuous and violent efforts were made by the Government to impose an episcopacy on the Scottish Church.

2. Bishops collectively; episcopate.

Synonyms

• bishopdom
• bishophood
• bishopric

Translations

• Italian: episcopato

Translations

• Italian: episcopato

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