episcopal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to bishops or to government of a church by bishops

   The denomination retained an episcopal structure headed by regional bishops.

2. 2
   adj

   of or relating to an Episcopal church, especially the Episcopal Church in the United States

   The Episcopal parish held its annual meeting after Sunday worship.

Common collocations

• episcopal hierarchy Adjective + noun

From Middle English episcopal and Late Latin episcopalis, from episcopus ('bishop'), itself from Greek episkopos ('overseer'), formed from epi- ('over') + skopos ('watcher').

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