EPISCOPAL


Meaning of EPISCOPAL in English

— episcopally , adv.

/i pis"keuh peuhl/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to a bishop: episcopal authority.

2. based on or recognizing a governing order of bishops: an episcopal hierarchy.

3. ( cap. ) designating the Anglican Church or some branch of it, as the Episcopal Church in America.

n.

4. ( cap. ) Informal. an Episcopalian.

[ 1425-75; late ME episcopalis. See BISHOP, -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .