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episcopacy

noun
🔊/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/
🔊/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/
 [uncountable]
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  1. government of a church by bishops主教制（以主教为主体管理教会）Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus ‘episcopate’, on the pattern of prelacy.