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Definition: Episcopacy
Episcopacy
\E*pis"co*pa*cy\, n. [See
Episcopate.]
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.
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