episcopal

Speech parts

1. episcopal - Noun

2. episcopal - Adjective

Meaning

Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.

Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Related terms

Phrases with the word

Examples

The first life insurance societies where formed in England in the years between 1692 and 1720. In America, life insurance became available to the clergy through the Presbyterian Ministers Fund, founded in 1759(still in existence), and the Episcopal Corporation, founded ten years later. Andrew Tobias

Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife. Lyndon B. Johnson

I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea. Michael Eisner

I am a Christian. My husband and I belong to the Episcopal Church. Sandy Adams

I go to St. Matthews in Pacific Palisades, an Episcopal Church. Stephen Collins

My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it. Anne Lamott

Close letter words and terms