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: --
Throughout the 1640s, negotiations for peace centred on religious issues and especially the episcopal government of the church.
It was quickly undermined by several of his archdeacons, on resuming their authority once the episcopal visitation was over.
According to her analysis, the intrinsic tensions of episcopal office are mirrored by the limited utility of traditional literary models.
Under each bishop were carved the coats of arms of his family and of his episcopal see.
Much of this territory is familiar : the royal supremacy gave monarchs power to make episcopal office dependent on the king's pleasure.
Cyprian, on the other hand, assumed that the ratio still required episcopal endorsement.
Indeed, his stance also fits comfortably within his overall view of the episcopal office.
The homilist's preoccupation with episcopal authority provides a further clue.
