episcopacy
/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood"
- "Further religious division occurred during the post-Restoration decades in the reign of Charles II, when strenuous and violent efforts were made by the Government to impose an episcopacy on the Scottish Church."
- "Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship"
Etymology
From episcop (ate) + -acy and/or episcopa(l) + -cy.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/