episcopacy
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The Methodist Protestants would accept two bishoprics, thus signifying that they no longer object to the Episcopacy as they did in 1828.
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Most prominent figure at the conference was Dr. John W. Perry of Tennessee, chairman of the potent Committee on Episcopacy.
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The Episcopacy, a much more elitist and less fairly chosen group, had far broader public support during its mid-century heyday.
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Reminiscent of the Scots' battle against English Episcopacy was the tablet on the wall commemorating Jenny Geddes.
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Episcopacy, e-pis′ko-pas-i, n. the government of the church by bishops: the office of a bishop: the period of office: the bishops, as a class.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
