episcopal
adjective
of or relating to a bishop.
episcopal
American
[ih-pis-kuh-puhl]
/ ɪˈpɪs kə pəl /
Episcopal
1
British
/ ɪˈpɪskəpəl /
adjective
episcopal
2
British
/ ɪˈpɪskəpəl /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of episcopal
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Late Latin word episcopālis. See bishop, -al 1
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In the episode, Howie discussed a recent sermon given by the episcopal bishop of Washington, Mariann Budde, at a service attended by Donald Trump.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025
O’Connell became an auxiliary bishop and episcopal vicar for the archdiocese’s San Gabriel region in 2015.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2023
It was also the first publication to report on the clergy sex abuse crisis and the episcopal cover-up beginning in the 1980s, many years before the Boston Globe published its own investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
At 54, he was two decades shy of the normal retirement age for bishops, and he never held an episcopal appointment after that.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
Later on Mr. Jack Brown arrived in an extra coach that had been coupled onto the yellow train and that was silverplated all over, with seats of episcopal velvet, and a roof of blue glass.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
EF took in the kindergartners through sixth-grade students from Saint Mark’s, an Episcopal school, after it burned down in the Eaton fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
Hundreds of people showed up for a midweek vigil at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, where some of the family worships, a few days after Guthrie disappeared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Nearby, St Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church hosted a candlelight vigil for Nancy Guthrie, which many in the neighbourhood attended.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
The Catholic Church's Episcopal Conference, for its part, called for "respect, non-interference, and the protection of people in their beliefs" and urged politicians to steer clear of "theological" statements.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
I’d grown up attending my great-aunt Robbie’s weekly Operetta Workshop in an African Methodist Episcopal church not unlike this one.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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