/ ɪˈpɪskəpl; NAmE / adjective
1.
connected with a bishop or bishops :
episcopal power
2.
(usually Episcopal ) (also Epis·co·pa·lian ) ( of a Christian Church ) that is governed by bishops :
the Episcopal Church (= the Anglican Church in Scotland and the US)
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from French épiscopal or ecclesiastical Latin episcopalis , from episcopus bishop, from Greek episkopos overseer, from epi above + -skopos -looking.