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Episcopacy

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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Episcopacy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/episcopacy.html. 1828.
 
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