Episcopacy

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

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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Nor is it just a matter of distinguishing between grassroots Christian base communities and hierarchical episcopacies as Gill does.
AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF THE CHURCH MILITANT
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