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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abbacy, aedileship, archbishopric, archdeaconry, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, bishopdom, bishopric, canonicate, canonry, cardinalship, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, consulate, consulship, curacy, deaconry, deaconship, deanery, deanship, dictatorship, dictature, directorship, emirate, episcopate, governorship, headship, hegemony, hierarchy, leadership, lordship, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty, mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, nobility, papacy, pashadom, pashalic, pastorate, pastorship, patriarchate, patriarchy, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, prebend, prebendaryship, prefectship, prefecture, prelacy, prelateship, prelature, premiership, presbyterate, presbytery, presidency, presidentship, primacy, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, protectorate, protectorship, provostry, provostship, rectorate, rectorship, regency, regentship, ruling class, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, tribunate, vicariate, vicarship, vizierate, viziership

Dictionary Results for Episcopacy:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

episcopacy
    n 1: the collective body of bishops [syn: episcopacy,
         episcopate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Episcopacy \E*pis"co*pa*cy\, n. [See Episcopate.]
   Government of the church by bishops; church government by
   three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and
   deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and
   of a different kind.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

EPISCOPACY, eccl. law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office 
or condition of a bishop.

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