episcopalism

episcopalism
\\ ̷ ̷ˈpiskəpəˌlizəm\ noun (-s)
: the theory that in church government supreme authority resides in a body of bishops and not in any one individual — compare gallicanism

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/i pis"keuh peuh liz'euhm/, n.
the theory of church polity according to which the supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the episcopal order as a whole, and not in any individual except by delegation.
[EPISCOPAL + -ISM]

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episcopāˈlianism or episˈcopalism noun
Episcopalian government and doctrine
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Main Entry: ↑episcopacy

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episcopalism
(ɪˈpɪskəpəˌlɪzm)
[f. episcopal + -ism.]
That theory of church polity which places the supreme authority in the hands of an episcopal or pastoral order; if this authority is in practice exercised by any recognized head of the church it is only as the delegate of this order as a whole, and with their consent. Held in the Church of Rome by the Gallicans (but dogmatically rejected by the Vatican Council), and in various Reformed churches. Distinguished from territorialism, and collegialism, q.v.

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