episcopalianism

[Eng. episcopalian; epi =upon, and pous (gen it. podos ) = the foot.] Zool .: The external distal segment of the typical limb of Crustacea. It keeps the gills apart. ( Hux -- ism .] ley, .) IMG:content-1082.png:[blocks in formation] Ecclesiol.: The views of church government entertained by Episcopalians; episcopacy (q. v.). ě-pis-co-pal-ly, adv . [Eng. episcopal ; -ly .] Used specially in the phrase episcopally ordained, or ordained by a bishop. "The father, who designs his babe a priest, Dreams him episcopally such at least." Cowper : Tirocinium , 364, 365. *ě-pis-co-pant, s. [As if from an imaginary Latin word episcopans , pr. par. exercising episcopal functions.) A bishop. ( Milton .) *ě-pis-co-pär-I-an, s. [As if from an imaginary Latin word episcopari ( us ), with Eng., ., suff. -an .] Episcopal. ě-pis-co-pate, s. [From Lat. episcopatus = the office of a bishop; Fr. épiscopat.] IMG:content-1083.png:[blocks in formation] Optics: The dispersion of light on the surface of of which every bishop had a complete and equal share."a body. ( Herschel .) Burnet: Hist. of Reformation , bk. ii. (an. 1533.) episcopate 2. The time during which any particular bishop holds office; as, That parish was divided into districts during the episcopate of Bishop Wilberforce. 3. The bishops viewed collectively; the whole bishops of the Christian church in general; the English bench of bishops. established a "It was the episcopate which firm central point which held all together."-Baur: Church Hist. of the First Three Centuries (1879), ii. 29. *ě-pis-co-pāte, v . i . [From Eng. episcopate , s. (q.v.)] To undertake or to fill the office of bishop; to discharge episcopal functions.