episepalous (episepalus)

[ episcopariant ( if * episcoparius , equiv. see episcopal .] Episcopalian. [Rare.] Milton , Prelatical Episcopacy. (ē-pis-kō-pā'ri-an), a. [ episcopal is , episcopal: epis Episco pal liturgy.-Episcopal bench. See bench. - Episcopal chaplain. See chaplain. - Episcopal ring. Same as bishop's ring (which see, under bishop ). - Episcopal staff. See staff. The Episcopal Church, the name popularly given to the Anglican Church in a broad sense, in the United States and elsewhere. (See Anglican Church (b), under Anglican, and Church of England, under church.) In the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States each diocese has its own bishop, and a diocesan convention consisting of clerical members and lay members senting the parishes. This convention elects the bishop and legislates for the diocese. A General Convention, consisting of a House of Bishops and a House of Clerical and Lay Deputies from the dioceses, meets triennially, and is the supreme ecclesiastical legislature. The senior bishop, with the title of Presiding Bishop, has the presidency among the bishops, and represents the church to foreign churches. Each parish and congregation is governed in spiritual matters by the rector or priest in charge, while temporal affairs are intrusted to the churchwardens and the vestry elected by the people. The rector is elected by the vestry and appointed by the bishop. The Apostles' and the Nicene Creed and the Thirty-nine Articles are the standards of doctrine in both the English and American branches of the church; but the American church omits the A than asian Creed, which the English church retains, and has made some alterations in the Thirty-nine Articles, omitting Article xxi. The church acknowledges two sacraments, baptism and the Lord's Supper, as generally nece ary to salvation (see sacrament ), practises infant baptism, admits none to communion till confirmed or ready and desirous to be confirmed, suffers those only to officiate ministers who have received episcopal orders, and does not agree doctrinally with either Arminians or Calvinists. There are three vaguely defined parties in the Episcopal Church. Those who especially emphasize the apostolic ori and authority of the church in contradistinction to Episcopal denominations are popularly called High - church men, and those who attach le importance to this distinction are known as Low- churchmen. (See High -churchman, Low-churchman.) Those who urge the largest liberty of faith and practice within the church communion are called Broad-churchmen. Those of rationalizing tendencies generally affiliate themselves with this party; hence the name Broad Church is often used to signify a rationalistic element in the Episcopal Church and even in non-Episcopal denominations. II. n. [ cap .] An Episcopalian. [Rare.] The di enting episcopals , perhaps discontented to such a degree as would be able to shake the firmest loyalty. Swift , Letter on the Sacramental Test, iv. 42. .. The Interior . Whether the Episcopals shun us as the Catholic Review says the devil shuns holy water. episcopalian (ē-pis-kō-pāʻlian), a . and n. episcopal + -ian .] I. a. 1t. Pertaining to government by bishops; relating to episcopacy. doors. be a bishop, episcopus , a bishop: see epis- copal , bishop .] To act as a bishop; fill the of- fice of a prelate. There he commits to the presbyters only full authority, both of feeding the flock and episcopating . = episcopate2 (ē-piskō-pāt), n. paat episcopado a bishop, + -at us , E. -ate3.] 1. The office and the office and dignity ity of a bishop, episcopus , cumbency of a bishop. dignity of a bishop; a bishoprie.-2. The in- Milton , Church-Government, i. 2. [= D. episko- G. episkopat = F. épiscopat = Sp. Pg. = It. episcopato , episcopatus , contrived so to fill up his suffragan Sees as to have a German us, in his twenty-five years' episcopate , majority of Greeks. J. M. Neale , Eastern Church, i. 159. 3. The order of bishops; the episcopal insti- tution; a body of bishops. ginnings of that political episcopate which remained so It is, indeed, from Dunstan that we may date the be- marked a feature of English history from this time to the Reformation. and deans. episcopicidel (e-pis'kō-pi-sīd), n. [ cop us , a bishop, + -cid a , a killer, cædere , kill.] One who kills a bishop. episcopicide2 (ē-pis'ko-pi-sīd), n. dere, kill.] The killing of a bishop. cop us , a bishop, + L. -cidium , a killing, cæ- episcopize (ē-pis'kō-pīz), r.; pret. and pp. epis- copized , ppr. episcopizing . [ episcopus , bishop, bishop, + bishop, + -ize . ] I. in trans. To act as a bishop. W. Broome. IMG:content-0625.png:[blocks in formation] episcopyt (e-pis'kō-pi), n . [ Tanagra episcopus . looking at (the second sense is taken from ἐπι- σκοπή, the office of a bishop), ἐπισκοπεῖν , look at, oversee: see bishop .] 1. Survey; super- The departure of King Richard from England was suc Peacock , Maid Marian, ceeded by the episcopalian regency of the Bishops of Ely 2. [ cap.] Same as Episcopal, 2: as, the Epis copalian Church. in tendence; search. The censor, in his moral episcopy . II. n. Properly, one who belongs to an episco- 2. Episcopacy. pal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; popularly [ cap.], a member of the Anglican Church in general, but more especially of some branch of that church specifically called Episcopal, See episcopal. We are considered as parishioners of the mi ionaries, no le than profe ed episcopalians. Secker , Ans. to Dr. Mayhew. episcopalianism (ē-pis-kō-pāʻlian-izm), n . [ episcopalian + -ism.] 1. The system of episcopal church government; episcopacy.-2. [ cap .] Adherence to or connection with the Episcopal Church; belief in Episcopal principles or doc trines.