[
UK
/ɪpˈɪskɒpəl/
]
[ US /ɪˈpɪskəpəɫ/ ]
[ US /ɪˈpɪskəpəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
How To Use episcopal In A Sentence
- That's like sending an Episcopalian to oversee the Vatican for 20 years.
- Dr. Annalu Waller, a computer scientist and expert in augmentative and alternative communication, is also Scotland's first disabled woman Episcopalian priest. Archive 2007-05-01
- On his arrival, M. Myriel was installed in the episcopal palace with the honors required by the Imperial decrees, which class a bishop immediately after a major-general.
- Article IX called into question the right of episcopal conferences to oversee their own liturgical translations. Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
- V with regard to episcopal elections, and passed several disciplinary decrees directed against existing abuses, such as simony and concubinage among the clergy. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
- The title of archbishop ceased to be used for these two sees of the episcopal church in Scotland after the revolution of 1688.
- Clergy and lay deputies to a special convention of the diocese on November 7 voted to invite Bishop Duncan back into leadership of the diocese 50 days after the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church voted to remove ( "depose") him. Stand Firm
- At the same time, many contemporary Episcopal congregations clamor for more and more in-depth adult - education offerings.
- Bishops' activities were confined to their own dioceses and monasteries exempted from episcopal interference.
- They are autonomous, episcopal, Protestant Churches in fellowship with the Church of England.