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episcopacy

N การปกครองค ณะสงฆ์ โดย สังฆนายก เช่น ใน ศาสนาคริสต์ นิกาย โรมันคาทอลิก bishopric kan-pok-krong-ka-na-song-doi-sang-ka-na-yok-chen-nai-sad-sa-na-krid-ni-kai-ro-man-ka-to-lik

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EPISCOPACY

n.[L. episcopatus; Gr. to inspect, to see. See Bishop. ] Government of the church by bishops; that form of ecclesiastical government, in which diocesan bishops are established, as distinct from and superior to priests or presbyters.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EPISCOPACY

E *pis "co *pa *cy, n. Etym: [See Episcopate. ]

Defn: Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

New American Oxford Dictionary

episcopacy

e pis co pa cy |iˈpiskəpəsē əˈpɪskəpəsi | ▶noun ( pl. episcopacies ) government of a church by bishops. • (the episcopacy ) the bishops of a region or church collectively. • another term for episcopate. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus ‘episcopate, ’ on the pattern of prelacy .

Oxford Dictionary

episcopacy

episcopacy |ɪˈpɪskəpəsi, ɛ- | ▶noun ( pl. episcopacies ) [ mass noun ] government of a Church by bishops. • (the episcopacy ) the bishops of a region or church collectively. • the office of a bishop. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin episcopatus ‘episcopate ’, on the pattern of prelacy .