"episcopy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: episcopies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπισκοπή (episkopḗ), from ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, bishop”). See bishop. First attested in 1642 in John Milton’s The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἐπισκοπή}} Ancient Greek ἐπισκοπή (episkopḗ) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} episcopy (countable and uncountable, plural episcopies)
  1. (obsolete) Supervision; superintendence. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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  2. (obsolete) Episcopacy. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-episcopy-en-noun-5H56rrx-

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