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episcopal (adjective) –
1 : of or relating to a bishop
2 : of, having, or constituting government by bishops
3 capitalized : of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church representing the Anglican communion in the U.S.
Source : Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology : mid-15c., “belonging to or characteristic of bishops,” from Late Latin episcopalis, from Latin episcopus “an overseer”. Reference to a church governed by bishops is 1752. With a capital E-, the ordinary designation of the Anglican church in the U.S. and Scotland, so called because its bishops are superior to other clergy. Chambers’ “Cyclopaedia” (1751) has episcopicide “the murdering of a bishop.”
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