episcopal
IPA: ɪpˈɪskʌpʌɫ
noun
- (nonstandard) An adherent of an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa.
adjective
- Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
- Of or relating to Anglicanism or an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa.
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Examples of "episcopal" in Sentences
- The episcopal leader of the diocese is the Bishop of Natal.
- The pectoral is the latest addition to episcopal ornaments.
- This is the Diocesan Shield of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee.
- He was delegate to the Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church.
- The Episcopal Commissary is also known as Bishop for the Falkland Islands.
- At the time of his death he was the oldest prelate on the episcopal bench.
- All these preferments he held until he was advanced to the episcopal bench.
- He was not anxious to create an irreparable breach with the episcopal party.
- Hogshead was a champion swimmer while at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville.
- [331: 3] In fact, to this day, what is called the episcopal succession in the ancient Church of Rome is an historical riddle.
- Church was so powerful, bishops had a kind of episcopal marshal, and usually there was also an episcopal jail, where ecclesiastical offenders were confined.
- Hence the so-called episcopal succession is most uncertain and confused at the very time when it should be sustained by evidence the most decisive and perspicuous.
- In the early days of the Reformation the prevalent form of government was that known as the episcopal, which transferred the jurisdiction of the bishops to the civil ruler.
- In many of the dioceses, where the distances are enormous, it is customary for the bishop to take one or more auxiliary bishops, known as episcopal vicars, for the governing of parts of the diocese.
- Both claim to be The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth Iker notes that the Episcopal Church doesn't own the word "episcopal," which also refers to bishops, and a battle looms over who owns church properties.
- No doubt an important factor in the Pope's decision will be the outcome of the synod of Dutch bishops which by papal command will be held in Rome beginning on January 14, 1980 — a kind of episcopal Canossa.
- In 1870 Italy annexed the Papal states and it had to create a position for the Pope and the Holy See (that is, the episcopal jurisdiction of the Church in Rome) that reflected the Pope's importance as head of the Catholic Church.
- Custom prescribes that a layman or a cleric of inferior grade on being presented to a bishop should kiss his hand, that is to say his episcopal ring, but it is a popular misapprehension to suppose that any indulgence is attached to the act.
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