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n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopacy. ] 1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or dignity of an archbishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. archi- + episcopal. ] Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopate. ] The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'asth`r star + &unr_; scale. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone. Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his charge or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chorepiscopi [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; chw^ros, chw`ra, place, country + &unr_; bishop. Cf. Bishop. ] (Eccl.) A “country” or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of plants including the hawk's beard; cosmopolitan in the northern hemisphere.
Syn. -- genus Crepis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Episcopate. ] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopal. See Bishop. ] 1. Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bishop. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Episcopal. [ R. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. episcopatus, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopat. See Bishop. ] 1. A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of bishops. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of a bishop's rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Episcopated p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating. ] To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. episcopus bishop + caedere to kill. ] The killing of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make a bishop of by consecration. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform the duties of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;. See Bishop. ] 1. Survey; superintendence. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Episcopacy. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + skeleletal. ] (Anat.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Episodic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a coming in besides, &unr_; episode; &unr_; into, besides + &unr_; a coming in, &unr_; into + &unr_; way, cf. Skr. sad to go: cf. F. épisode. ] (Rhet.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. épisodique. See Episode. ] Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. -- Ep`i*so"dic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait. H. James. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; to draw, rend. ] (Med.) A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to draw to, attract; &unr_; to + &unr_; to draw: cf. F. épispastique. ] (Med.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; seed: cf. F. épisperme. ] (Bot.) The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + spore. ] (Bot.) The thickish outer coat of certain spores. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; to drop. ] (Med.) Bleeding at the nose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to epistemology; as, epistemic modal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; knowledge + -logy. ] The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat. & Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the episternum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Episterna [ NL. See Epi-, and Sternum. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle. (b) Same as Epiplastron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + stilbite. ] (Min.) A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything sent by a messenger, message, letter, fr. &unr_; to send to, tell by letter or message; 'epi` upon, to + &unr_; to dispatch, send; cf. OF. epistle, epistre, F. épître. See Stall. ] 1. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

A madman's epistles are no gospels. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel. [ 1913 Webster ]

One sees the pulpit on the epistle side. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. épistolaire. ] 1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. “Epistolary correspondence.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little epistle. Lamb.