Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood
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Episcopacy
//ɪˈpɪskəpəsi//
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metropolitanatemetropolitanshipnobilitypapacypashadompashalicpastoratepastorshippatriarchatepatriarchypontificalitypontificatepopedompopehoodpopeshipprebendprebendaryshipprefectshipprefectureprelacy
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prelateshipprelaturepremiershippresbyteratepresbyterypresidencypresidentshipprimacyprime-ministershipprime-ministryprincedomprinceshipprincipalityproconsulateproconsulshipprotectorateprotectorshipprovostryprovostshiprectoraterectorshipregencyregentshipruling classseignioryseneschalshipseneschalsysheikhdomsheriffaltysheriffcysheriffdomshrievaltysupervisorshipsuzerainshipsuzeraintytribunatevicariatevicarshipvizierateviziership
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Ido
2 entries- episkoparo noun (bishops collectively)
- episkopeso noun (government of the church by bishops)
Italian
2 entries- episcopato noun (government of the church by bishops)
- episcopato noun (bishops collectively)
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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.
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Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship
Source: wiktionary
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