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EPISCOPAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Episcopal mean?
• EPISCOPAL (adjective)
The adjective EPISCOPAL has 2 senses:
1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church
2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
Familiarity information: EPISCOPAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Episcopal; Episcopalian
Context example:
married by an Episcopalian minister
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Pertainym:
Episcopal Church (United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
episcopal; pontifical
Pertainym:
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
Derivation:
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
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