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Definition of episcopacy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

episcopacy

noun

/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/

/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/

[uncountable]

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government of a church by bishopsTopics Religion and festivalsc2
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus ‘episcopate’, on the pattern of prelacy.

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