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episcopacy
e·pis·co·pa·cy / iˈpiskəpəsē/ • n. (pl. -cies) government of a church by bishops. ∎ (the episcopacy) the bishops of a region or church collectively. ∎ another term for episcopate. |
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"episcopacy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "episcopacy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-episcopacy.html "episcopacy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-episcopacy.html |
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Episcopacy
Episcopacy. The system of church government by bishops (episcopoi). Anglican churches are, specifically, known as ‘Episcopal’ or ‘Episcopalian’, as in ECUSA, the Episcopal Church of the United States.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Episcopacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Episcopacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Episcopacy.html JOHN BOWKER. "Episcopacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Episcopacy.html |
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episcopacy
episcopacy the government of a Church by bishops. The word comes (in the mid 17th century) from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus ‘episcopate, the office of a bishop’, on the pattern of prelacy.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "episcopacy." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "episcopacy." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-episcopacy.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "episcopacy." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-episcopacy.html |
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episcopacy
episcopacy. The system of Church government by bishops.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "episcopacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "episcopacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-episcopacy.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "episcopacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-episcopacy.html |
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episcopacy
•radiancy
•immediacy, intermediacy
•expediency • idiocy • saliency
•resiliency • leniency
•incipiency, recipiency
•recreancy • pruriency • deviancy
•subserviency • transiency • pliancy
•buoyancy, flamboyancy
•fluency, truancy
•constituency • abbacy • embassy
•celibacy • absorbency
•incumbency, recumbency
•ascendancy, intendancy, interdependency, pendency, resplendency, superintendency, tendency, transcendency
•candidacy
•presidency, residency
•despondency • redundancy • infancy
•sycophancy • argosy • legacy
•profligacy • surrogacy
•extravagancy • plangency • agency
•regency
•astringency, contingency, stringency
•intransigency • exigency • cogency
•pungency
•convergency, emergency, insurgency, urgency
•vacancy • piquancy • fricassee
•mendicancy • efficacy • prolificacy
•insignificancy • delicacy • intricacy
•advocacy • fallacy • galaxy
•jealousy, prelacy
•repellency • valency • Wallasey
•articulacy • corpulency • inviolacy
•excellency • equivalency • pharmacy
•supremacy • clemency • Christmassy
•illegitimacy, legitimacy
•intimacy • ultimacy • primacy
•dormancy • diplomacy • contumacy
•stagnancy
•lieutenancy, subtenancy, tenancy
•pregnancy
•benignancy, malignancy
•effeminacy • prominency
•obstinacy • pertinency • lunacy
•immanency
•impermanency, permanency
•rampancy • papacy • flippancy
•occupancy
•archiepiscopacy, episcopacy
•transparency • leprosy • inerrancy
•flagrancy, fragrancy, vagrancy
•conspiracy • idiosyncrasy
•minstrelsy • magistracy • piracy
•vibrancy
•adhocracy, aristocracy, autocracy, bureaucracy, democracy, gerontocracy, gynaecocracy (US gynecocracy), hierocracy, hypocrisy, meritocracy, mobocracy, monocracy, plutocracy, technocracy, theocracy
•accuracy • obduracy • currency
•curacy, pleurisy
•confederacy • numeracy
•degeneracy • itinerancy • inveteracy
•illiteracy, literacy
•innocency • trenchancy • deficiency
•fantasy, phantasy
•intestacy • ecstasy • expectancy
•latency • chieftaincy • intermittency
•consistency, insistency, persistency
•instancy • militancy • impenitency
•precipitancy • competency
•hesitancy • apostasy • constancy
•accountancy • adjutancy
•consultancy, exultancy
•impotency • discourtesy
•inadvertency • privacy
•irrelevancy, relevancy
•solvency • frequency • delinquency
•adequacy • poignancy
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"episcopacy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "episcopacy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-episcopacy.html "episcopacy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-episcopacy.html |
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