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/ɪpˈɪskəpəl/ Listen

adjective

Episcopal adj.

Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.

Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.

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Etymology of 'Episcopal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Episcopal" Quotes from Famous Books

... say that the more advanced and enlightened members of the Episcopalian Church are steadily returning to the faith of their forefathers, regarding prayers for the dead. An acquaintance of mine, once a distinguished clergyman of the Episcopal communion, but now a convert, informed me that hundreds of Protestant clergymen in this country, and particularly in England, have a firm belief in the efficacy of prayers for the dead, but for well-known ...

— Purgatory • Mary Anne Madden Sadlier

... bosom of a single state"—"a struggle not of principles but of races." The rising in Upper Canada was attributed mainly to the ascendency of the "family compact"—a family only in the official sense. "The bench, the magistracy, the high offices of the episcopal church, and a great part of the legal profession, are filled by their adherents; by grant or purchase they have acquired nearly the whole of the waste lands of the province; they are all-powerful in the chartered banks, ...

— George Brown • John Lewis

... Isaac Rich, who gave one million and three quarters to found Boston University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, began business thus: at eighteen he went from Cape Cod to Boston with three or four dollars in his possession, and looked about for something to do, rising early, walking far, observing closely, reflecting much. Soon he had an ...

— How to Succeed - or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune • Orison Swett Marden

... troops, M. Spina, at first envoy at Turin, had followed the First Consul to Paris. He treated with Abbe Bernier who had skilfully negotiated to bring about the pacification of Vendee—a man of great ambition, determined to serve the government which could raise him to the episcopal purple. The pourparlers were prolonged; the situation was difficult; the new powers founded in France by the Revolution and by victory raised pretensions which were contrary to the Roman tradition. They were, moreover, embarrassed by the unequal position of the ecclesiastics ...

— Worlds Best Histories - France Vol 7 • M. Guizot and Madame Guizot De Witt

... gracious Lord and Shepherd in Christ.' After a humble introduction, he begged him most earnestly to prevent the scandalising and iniquitous harangues with which his agents hawked about their indulgences, and reminded him that he would have to give an account of the souls entrusted to his episcopal care. ...

— Life of Luther • Julius Koestlin

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