Episcopacy

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:26:53

E*pis"co*pa*cy (?), n. [See Episcopate.]

Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

 

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