episcopally
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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One plan would join all churches that function "episcopally, congregationally and presbyterially," leaving local congregations free to administer the sacraments of Baptism and Communion in their own manner.
From Time Magazine Archive
But a man who took off his hat when he passed a church episcopally consecrated must be a good man, a pious man, a man of good principles.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
The twenty-four were all thus episcopally minded: they drew up the bills, and the bills were voted on without debate.
From A Short History of Scotland by Lang, Andrew
Ministers were obliged to produce their orders to him, and show that they had been episcopally ordained.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
The clergy refuse to be episcopally ordained, and they will continue to preach, and hence the trouble.
From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James
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