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Episcopacy

//ɪˈpɪskəpəsi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood"

  2. 2
    the collective body of bishops wordnet
  3. 3
    Bishops collectively: Synonym of episcopate. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship"

Etymology

From episcopa(te) + -cy and/or episcopa(l) + -cy.

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