connected with a bishop or bishops 主教的 episcopal power 主教管辖权
- (usually Episcopal)(also Episcopalian)
(of a Christian Church 基督教 that is governed by bishops 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
Word Originlate Middle English: from French épiscopal or ecclesiastical Latin episcopalis, from episcopus ‘bishop’, from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’, from epi ‘above’ + -skopos ‘-looking’.