0 of or relating to a bishop or a Church that is directed by bishops
1 of a Christian religious group that is one of the Protestant churches:
It is the only episcopal city whose cathedral was left standing in the rage of Reformation.
Monasteries sought to be independent of all foreign control and of episcopal jurisdiction.
One day a troop of hungry beggars came crowding to the episcopal palace crying for food.
The arbitration of bishops had the force of positive law, and judges were instructed to execute the episcopal decrees.
The diocesan revival was introduced by more frequent episcopal and archidiaconal visitations and more ambitious charges, as means of promoting reforms and countering criticisms.
What mattered to him was the establishment of his episcopal authority at the expense of that of the martyrs.
The introductory essay provides a vivid account of some of the last abbesses and prioresses drawn mainly from episcopal and archiepiscopal visitation records.
