"Episcopacy" is a word in ENGLISH

Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the …

Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the …

Certain articles or ordinances drawn up by Archbishop Parker and some of tbe bishops in 1564, at the request of …

In English ecclesiastical law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the right of pre-seutlng a fit …

The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.

A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, …

A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct …

A dignitary of the Anglicau church who has ecclesiastical juris-diction immediately subordinate to that of the bishop, either throughout the …

A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other …

In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, …

To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.

In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.

The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

In Eng-lish ecclesiastical law. A writ that lies against a bishop who holds an excommunl-cated person ln prison for contempt, …

In ecclesiastical law. A congregation' of ecclesiastical persons in a cathedral church, consisting of canons, or* prebendaries, whereof the dean …

A \"country\" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a …

A tribute anciently paid to the bishop or archbishop for visiting churches. Du Fresne

A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a …

In eccleslastlcal law. To dedicate to sacred purposes, as a bishop by Imposltlon of hands, or a church or churchyard …

The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.