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English Dictionary: episcopacy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
episcopacy
n
  1. the collective body of bishops [syn: episcopacy, episcopate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopacy \E*pis"co*pa*cy\, n. [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.
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