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Episcopacy

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The name given to the form of Church government in which there are superior and inferior orders among the clergy, as between that of bishop and that of a presbyter; called also Prelacy.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Episcopacy'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/episcopacy.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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