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Definition of: episcopalism
(i·pis′kə·pəl·iz′əm) noun
That view of the constitution of the church that places the supreme power in the hands of a body of bishops, and recognizes no single supreme head, as the pope, with ordinary jurisdiction over the whole church.
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