Episcopal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Episcopal
    adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal
           church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an
           Episcopalian minister" [syn: {Episcopal}, {Episcopalian}]
    2: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
       [syn: {episcopal}, {pontifical}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Episcopal \E*pis"co*pal\, a. [L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf.
   F. ['e]piscopal. See {Bishop}.]
   1. Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.
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   2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal
      jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "episcopal":
      abbatial, abbatical, archiepiscopal, canonical, capitular,
      capitulary, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopalian,
      evangelistic, ministerial, pastoral, prelatial, prelatic,
      priest-ridden, priestish, priestly, rabbinic, sacerdotal,
      ultramontane

    

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