Definition of "episcopal" []

Of or relating to a bishop. (adjective)
Of, relating to, or involving church government by bishops. (adjective)
Of or relating to the Episcopal Church. (adjective)

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Use "episcopal" in a sentence

"In many of the dioceses, where the distances are enormous, it is customary for the bishop to take one or more auxiliary bishops, known as episcopal vicars, for the governing of parts of the diocese."
"Custom prescribes that a layman or a cleric of inferior grade on being presented to a bishop should kiss his hand, that is to say his episcopal ring, but it is a popular misapprehension to suppose that any indulgence is attached to the act."
"In the early days of the Reformation the prevalent form of government was that known as the episcopal, which transferred the jurisdiction of the bishops to the civil ruler."

Words like "episcopal"

apostolic bishop clerical consular

diocesan ducal ecclesiastical episcopus

monastic papal pontific pontifical

prelatic prelatical priestly