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Webster 1913 Edition
Episcopacy
E-pis′co-pa-cy
,Noun.
[See
Episcopate
.] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers – bishops, priests, and deacons – of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.
Webster 1828 Edition
Episcopacy
EPIS'COPACY
,Noun.
Government of the church by bishops; that form of ecclesiastical government, in which diocesan bishops are established, as distinct from and superior to priests or presbyters.