Definitions for Episcopal

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Episcopal e·pis·co·pal

Spelling: [ih-pis-kuh-puh l]

IPA: /ɪˈpɪs kə pəl/

Episcopal is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 528 anagrams from letters in Episcopal (aceilopps).

Definitions for Episcopal

noun

1. (initial capital letter) Informal. an Episcopalian.

adjective

1. of or relating to a bishop:
2. based on or recognizing a governing order of bishops:
3. (initial capital letter) designating the Anglican Church or some branch of it, as the Episcopal Church in America.

Origin of Episcopal

First recorded in 1425-75; late Middle English word from Late Latin word episcopālis. See bishop, -al¹

Examples for Episcopal

Comes word that the National Cathedral, an episcopal Church, will start to perform same-sex marriages.

So Alden bent his steps to the house of the episcopal minister at Charlottesville.

But is not this understating the case on the episcopal side?

A Polish Jew in an episcopal graveyard in a largely Dominican neighborhood—what could be more New York or even more Ed Koch?

Now, as heretofore, we have episcopal reminders of the blessings of war.

Debra, a New York-based lawyer who grew up in the episcopal Church, said the practice has never bothered her.

I am a Bishop of The episcopal Church, having served as the Bishop of New Hampshire for a decade, before retiring in January 2013.

"And of course we must go to the episcopal church there," said Psyche.

In 2003, when I was elected bishop, it was not at all certain that the episcopal Church would consent to my election.

"That's episcopal," Pee-wee said with withering superiority!