episcopacy
/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/
episcopacy noun: the office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
Noun
episcopacy (countable and uncountable, plural episcopacies)
- The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
- Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood
- 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.2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 16
- Synonyms:
- bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood
- Bishops collectively: Synonym of episcopate.
- Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship
- Synonyms:
- bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship
episcopacy meaning in Bengali
episcopacy in Bengali
- বিশপদের শাসনব্যবস্থা, বিশপগণের সমষ্টি
Synonyms of episcopacy
Forms of episcopacy
| plural | episcopacies |
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Origin of episcopacy
From episcop (ate) + -acy and/or episcopa(l) + -cy.
Words formed from episcopacy
Questions about episcopacy
- What does episcopacy mean?
- Episcopacy means the office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
- What is episcopacy in Bengali?
- Episcopacy in Bengali is বিশপদের শাসনব্যবস্থা, বিশপগণের সমষ্টি. See Episcopacy meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is episcopacy?
- Episcopacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce episcopacy?
- Episcopacy is pronounced /ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of episcopacy?
- The plural of episcopacy is episcopacies.
Words near episcopacy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: episcopacy (page history and authors); episcopacy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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