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Meaning of 'episcopacy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Episcopacy [ n.]
- 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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