episcleral (episkleral)

[ "is-klē-rit is), n. [ cons. In episcopacy the order of bishops is superior to the other clergy, and has exclusive power to confer orders. Episcopacy is the organic system since early times of all the Oriental churches (Greek, Armenian, Coptic, etc.) and of the Roman Catholic Church, and also of the Anglican Church and its various branches. These churches teach that it is of apostolic origin and e ential to the maintenance of valid orders. Government by bishops was continued in the Scand in avian churches (called Luther an ) in Denmark and Sweden, in the latter country apparently without interruption at the Reformation. The Moravian Church also claims an uninterrupted succe ion. The bishops of the Moravian and American Methodist Episcopal churches are itinerant, and have no special diocesan jurisdiction. The Mormons also have an officer called bishop. Maintainers of episcopacy hold that (whether the word bishop, ἐπίσκοπος, episcopus, was for a time equivalent to presbyter or not) there was in apostolic times an order of presbyters superior in authority to ordinary presbyters, consisting of the twelve apostles, other apostles, and their colleagues, who transmitted so much of their authority as was used in continuing and governing the ministry to succe ors, called bishops after the first century, constituting an order which has continued till the present day. 2. The state of being a bishop; episcopal rank or office. Under Canute and his succe ors the practice of investiture with the ring and staff, or crozier, seems to have episcopacy been begun. Those emblems of episcopacy were sent by the chapter to the King, when a vacancy occurred, and were returned by him with a notification of the person whom he appointed. R. W. Dizon , Hist. Church of Eng., iii., note, episcopal (e-pis'kō-pal), a. and n. [= D. epis kopaal = G. Dan. Sw. episkopal = F. épiscopal = Sp. Pg. episcopal = It. episcopale, ult. E. bishop, q. v.] I. a. 1. Belonging to or vested in bishops or prelates; characteristic of or pertaining to a bishop or bishops; characterized by episcopacy: as, epis copal jurisdiction; episcopal authority; the epis copal costume; the Episcopal Church. There is just before the entrance of the choir a little subterraneous chapel, dedicated charles Bromise I his body, in episcopal robes, lying upon the altar in a shrine of rock-crystal. 1974 pares, or first among equals, who can exercise no legislative power in ecclesiastical matters except with the consent of the bishops as rep- resentatives of the entire church. This doctrine jected by the Vatican Council (1869-70). Compare col- was defended by the Gallicans, but was dogmatically re- episodical shield, a badge, crest, ensign, neut. of ἐπίσημος, having a mark or device on, marked, legialism , papalism , and territorialism. episcopally (e-pis'ko-pal-i), adr . By episcopal by a city, etc. agency or authority; in an episcopal manner. The act of uniformity required all men who held any benefices in England to be episcopally ordained. episcopantt (e-pis'ko-pant), n. [ pan ( t- )s, ppr. of episcopare , deponent episco- par i , be a bishop: see episcopate1 .] A bishop. The interce ion of all these Apos to lick Fathers could not prevaile with them to alter their resolved decree of Episcopants . The episemon of the town is a Ram's head. B. V. Head , Hist or i a Numorum, p. 470. 2. In the Greek alphabet, one of three obsolete of the digamma, F. βαῦ, vau (a similar character being letters used only as numerals. They are 5, a form used, later, as a ligature for st, or, and called stigma ); 9, κόππα, koppa; and 9, σαν, san, later called σάμπι οι mark over them: thus, ' = 6, Q′ = 90, '= 900. See vau, σαμπί, sampi. As numerals they were written with a koppa, san, sampi.