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episcopies

episcopies is the plural of episcopy.

Meaning of episcopy

Noun

episcopy (countable and uncountable, plural episcopies)

  1. (obsolete) Supervision; superintendence.
    • There are most weighty reasons why the Church ought to lay aside episcopacy, and return to the apostolical institution of presbyters1692, John Milton, translated by [Joseph Washington], A Defence of the People of England, […]: In Answer to Salmasius’s Defence of the King, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) Episcopacy.
    • It was the universal doctrine of the Church of God for many ages , even for fourteen Centuries of years , that Episcopy is […]Divine […]1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Questions about episcopies

What is episcopies the plural of?
Episcopies is the plural of episcopy.

Words near episcopies in the dictionary

  1. episcopating
  2. episcope
  3. episcopes
  4. episcopic
  5. episcopicide
  6. episcopies
  7. episcopise
  8. episcopised
  9. episcopises
  10. episcopising
  11. episcopize

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