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Diocesan Episcopacy

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that system of Episcopacy in which the bishop has jurisdiction only over a certain number of parishes, or over a certain district of country, called a diocese. (See BISHOP); (See EPISCOPACY); (See DIOCESE).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Diocesan Episcopacy'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​d/diocesan-episcopacy.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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