episcopacy
noun/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/
/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/
[uncountable]- government of a church by bishopsTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus ‘episcopate’, on the pattern of prelacy.
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