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episcopal

adjective
🔊/ɪˈpɪskəpl/
🔊/ɪˈpɪskəpl/
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  1. connected with a bishop or bishops主教的
    • episcopal power主教管辖权
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
  2. (usually Episcopal)
    (also Episcopalian)
     (of a Christian Church基督教) that is governed by bishops主教制的
    • the Episcopal Church (= the Anglican Church in Scotland and the US)（苏格兰和美国的）圣公会
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from French épiscopal or ecclesiastical Latin episcopalis, from episcopus ‘bishop’, from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.