episcopal
adjective /ɪˈpɪskəpl/
/ɪˈpɪskəpl/
- connected with a bishop or bishops
主教的 - episcopal power
主教管辖权
- episcopal power
- (usually Episcopal)(also Episcopalian)(of a Christian Church
) that is governed by bishops基督教 主教制的 - the Episcopal Church (= the Anglican Church in Scotland and the US)
(苏格兰和美国的)圣公会
- the Episcopal Church (= the Anglican Church in Scotland and the US)
词源late Middle English: from French épiscopal or ecclesiastical Latin episcopalis, from episcopus ‘bishop’, from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.