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monepiscopacy

monepiscopacy noun: leadership by a single bishop (in a diocese or regional church).

Noun

monepiscopacy (uncountable)

  1. Leadership by a single bishop (in a diocese or regional church).

Forms of monepiscopacy

alternative formmonoepiscopacy

Origin of monepiscopacy

Coined by English bishop and theologian Charles Gore in 1889, from mon(o)- + episcopacy.

Words formed from monepiscopacy

  • monepiscopal
  • monepiscopate

Questions about monepiscopacy

What does monepiscopacy mean?
Monepiscopacy means leadership by a single bishop (in a diocese or regional church).
What part of speech is monepiscopacy?
Monepiscopacy is a noun.

Words near monepiscopacy in the dictionary

  1. monenergistic
  2. monenergists
  3. monensin
  4. monepantel
  5. monepic
  6. monepiscopacy
  7. Monepore
  8. moner
  9. monera
  10. moneral
  11. moneran

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