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/ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/ · noun
The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops..
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
Use episcopacy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Episcopacy means The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops..
Common synonyms include bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonyms: bishopric, bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood
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