The episcopal hierarchy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Hence the so-called episcopal succession is most uncertain and confused at the very time when it should be sustained by evidence the most decisive and perspicuous. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution] Reference
In the early days of the Reformation the prevalent form of government was that known as the episcopal, which transferred the jurisdiction of the bishops to the civil ruler. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Then he begged for alms, and the episcopal blessing!. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
The episcopal changes then made resulted in the translation of. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
Wells is an episcopal city with a bishop who presides also over Bath. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Constantinople in the third year of his episcopal dignity, of our Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
AVERSA, a town and episcopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
In the British Empire there are 14 archiepiscopal and 81 episcopal sees. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
Roman Catholicism is the creed of the majority, and Angra is an episcopal see. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Confessedly all this is conjectural or traditional, as are also any details of episcopal administration. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Montreal, in June, 1698, for the express purpose of giving his episcopal sanction to the long-disputed rule. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
The ancient episcopal palace is now used as a court of justice; a public library is kept in the hôtel de ville. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
The solemn approbation was given by M. de St. Vallier, June 24, 1698, during his episcopal visitation at Ville-Marie. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
This dialogue was apparently written in Valladolid and called forth an episcopal reprimand from the Bishop of Segovia. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Because Durham was an episcopal palatine, which had jurisdictions, and even, in olden times, a Parliament of its own. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850] Reference
Marius Mercator informs us, that he was no sooner placed in the episcopal chair, but he began to persecute, with great fury, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
St. German's was episcopal; further still, it takes us back to the times of the old saints, fitly commemorated here, who came from. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The archbishop thenceforward was left to do in comparative obscurity the duties of his episcopal office in his diocese of Cambray. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
This epistle contains the rule of episcopal life, and as such, we may regard it as faithfully copied in the life of this disciple. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Coutant shows to have been the first of his works in the order of time, composed soon after he was raised to the episcopal dignity. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
To do him justice, he only received the revenues of his see, the episcopal functions of which were performed by the Bishop of Grasse. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1] Reference
The eleven homilies On the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, were also part of the fruit of his episcopal labors at Constantinople. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The ancient episcopal palace, now used as prefecture, stands behind the cathedral; it preserves a Romanesque gallery of the 12th century. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
He lay there in portraicture in his episcopal robes, on a large bed under a fair table of black marble, with a library of books about him. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
Cautious and temperate as she was in the restoration of Protestantism, the prelates almost entirely refused to grant her episcopal consecration. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
As it afforded more protection from glare and heat he preferred it to the episcopal hat, his usual dress when residing at any of the presidencies. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
The Capuchin missionaries continued in charge of Roman Catholic affairs in Madras until 1832, in which year they were put under episcopal jurisdiction. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Madras] Reference
Garden, the episcopal minister of Charlestown, to whom we are indebted for this account, attended those condemned persons with great diligence and concern. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
The missionary period of the life of Las Casas in America ended with his return to Spain in 1549 and the resignation of his episcopal see that followed in 1552. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Tantalising to Tom Taylor, who has to dine elsewhere; and Thackeray leaves early, to go to an 'episcopal tea-fight,' as he tells us -- a jump 'from lively to severe,' to. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
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