'Episcopacy' definitions:
Definition of 'episcopacy'
(from WordNet)
noun
The collective body of bishops [syn: episcopacy, episcopate]
Definition of 'Episcopacy'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'episcopacy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbacy,
- aedileship,
- archbishopric,
- archdeaconry,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- bishopdom,
- bishopric,
- canonicate,
- canonry,
- cardinalship,
- chairmanship,
- chancellery,
- chancellorate,
- chancellorship,
- chaplaincy,
- chaplainship,
- chiefery,
- chiefry,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- chieftainship,
- consulate,
- consulship,
- curacy,
- deaconry,
- deaconship,
- deanery,
- deanship,
- dictatorship,
- dictature,
- directorship,
- emirate,
- episcopate,
- governorship,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- hierarchy,
- leadership,
- lordship,
- magistracy,
- magistrateship,
- magistrature,
- masterdom,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mayoralty,
- mayorship,
- metropolitanate,
- metropolitanship,
- nobility,
- papacy,
- pashadom,
- pashalic,
- pastorate,
- pastorship,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- pontificality,
- pontificate,
- popedom,
- popehood,
- popeship,
- prebend,
- prebendaryship,
- prefectship,
- prefecture,
- prelacy,
- prelateship,
- prelature,
- premiership,
- presbyterate,
- presbytery,
- presidency,
- presidentship,
- primacy,
- prime-ministership,
- prime-ministry,
- princedom,
- princeship,
- principality,
- proconsulate,
- proconsulship,
- protectorate,
- protectorship,
- provostry,
- provostship,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- regency,
- regentship,
- ruling class,
- seigniory,
- seneschalship,
- seneschalsy,
- sheikhdom,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffcy,
- sheriffdom,
- shrievalty,
- supervisorship,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- tribunate,
- vicariate,
- vicarship,
- vizierate,
- viziership