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Synonyms for episcopacy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-pis-kuh-puh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈpɪs kə pə si |
Définition of episcopacy
Origin :- 1640s; see episcopal + -cy.
- As in bishopric : noun jurisdiction of bishop
- He was an equally active opponent of Whitefield and of Episcopacy.
- Extract from : « Diary of Anna Green Winslow » by Anna Green Winslow
- It is to his language about episcopacy that we wish to refer.
- Extract from : « The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 » by Various
- In England, Episcopacy is an engine by which the people are ecclesiastically governed.
- Extract from : « Charles I » by Jacob Abbott
- But a Whig ministry is just now in power, and the Whigs are hostile to Episcopacy.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
- Thus was Episcopacy professed in Massachusetts, and thus was it exiled.
- Extract from : « The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Egerton Ryerson
- At the Revolution, when Episcopacy was abolished, the bishops lost their seats.
- Extract from : « Fletcher of Saltoun » by G. W. T. Omond
- In 1637, when Episcopacy began to be the losing cause, he returned to his flock.
- Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
- The inroads of Episcopacy were at this time threatening to disquiet Anwoth.
- Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
- If universality be the criterion, then Episcopacy cannot claim it.
- Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various
- The archbishop was in France, and Episcopacy was not in favour.
- Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Great Britain » by P. H. Ditchfield
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