episcopacy 
been begun. Those emblems of episcopacy were sent by 
the chapter to the King, when a vacancy occurred, and 
were returned by him with a notification of the person 
whom lie appointed. 
R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., iii., note. 
episcopal (e-pis'ko-pal), a. and 11. [= D. epis- 
kojtaal = Gl. Dan.'Sw. episcopal F. episcopal 
= Sp. Pg. episcopal = It. episcopate, < LL. epis- 
copalis, pertaining to a bishop, < episcopus, a 
iDishop, > ult. E. bishop, q. v.] I. a. 1. Be- 
longing to or vested in, bishops or prelates; 
characteristic of or pertaining to a bishop or 
bishops ; characterized by episcopacy : as, epis- 
copal jurisdiction; episcopal Authority; the epis- 
copal costume; the Episcopal Church. 
There is just before the entrance of the choir a little 
subterraneous chapel, dedicated to St. Charles Borromee, 
where I saw his body, in episcopal robes, lying upon the 
altar in a shrine of rock-crystal. 
Addison, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bonn), I. 368. 
2. [cap.] Of or pertaining to the Episcopal 
Church, especially some branch of the Angli- 
can Church specifically so cabled; relating to 
or connected with Episcopalianism : as, Epis- 
copal principles or practices; an Episcopal 
clergyman or diocese ; the Protestant Episco- 
pal liturgy. Episcopal bench. See iencA. Episco- 
pal chaplain. See chaplain. Episcopal ring. Same 
as bishop's ring (which see, under bishop). Episcopal 
staff. See staff. The Episcopal Church, the name 
popularly given to the Anglican Church in England, the 
United States, and elsewhere. (Hee Anglican Church (6), un- 
der Anglican, and Church of Enyland, under church.) In 
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United states each 
diocese has its own bishop, and a diocesan convention 
consisting of clerical members and lay members repre- 
senting the parishes. This convention elects the bishop 
and legislates for the diocese. A General Convention, con- 
sisting of a House of Bishops and a House of Clerical and 
Lay Deputies from the dioceses, meets triennially, and is 
the supreme ecclesiastical legislature. The senior bishop, 
witli the title of Presiding Bishop, has the presidency 
among the bishops, and represents the church to foreign 
churches. Each parish and congregation is governed in 
spiritual matters by the rector or priest in charge, while 
temporal affairs are intrusted to the churchwardens and 
the vestry elected by the people. The rector is elected by 
the vestry and appointed by the bishop. The Apostles' 
and the Niccne Creed and the Thirty-nine Articles are the 
standards of doctrine in both the English and American 
branches of the churcli ; but the American church omits 
the Athanasian Creed, which the English church retains, 
and has made some alterations in the Thirty-nine Articles, 
omitting Article xxi. The church acknowledges two sacra- 
ments, baptism and the Lord's Supper, as generally neces- 
sary to salvation (see sacrament), practises infant baptism, 
admits none to communion till confirmed or ready and 
desirous to be confirmed, suffers those only to officiate as 
ministers who have received episcopal orders, and does 
not agree doctrinally with either Arminians or Calvinists. 
There are three vaguely defined parties in the Episcopal 
Church. Those who especially emphasize the apostolic ori- 
~in and authority of the church in contradistinction to non- 
Ipiscopal denominations are popularly called High-church- 
men, and those who attach less importance to this distinc- 
tion are known as Low-churchmen. (See High-churchman, 
Low-churchman.) Those who urge the largest liberty of 
faith and practice within the church communion are called 
Broad-churchmen. Those of rationalizing tendencies gen- 
erallyalfiliate themselves with this party; hence the name 
Broad Church is often used to signify a rationalistic ele- 
ment in the Episcopal Church and even in non-Episcopal 
denominations. 
II. . [cap.] An Episcopalian. [Bare.] 
The dissenting episcopate, perhaps discontented to such 
1974 
pares, or first among equals, who can exercise 
no legislative power in ecclesiastical matters 
except with the consent of the bishops as rep- 
resentatives of the entire church. This doctrine 
was defended by the Galileans, but was dogmatically re- 
jected by the Vatican Council (1869-70). Compare col- 
lefjialism, papalifnn, and territorialism. 
episcopally (e-pis'ko-jpal-i), adv. By episcopal 
agency or authority ; in an episcopal manner. 
The act of uniformity required all men who held any 
benefices in England to be episcopally ordained. 
]Sj>. Burnet, Hist. Own Times, an. 1CG1. 
episcopantt (e-pis'ko-pant), n. [< ML. episco- 
pan(t-)s, ppr. of episcopare, deponent episro- 
pari, be a bishop : see episcopate^.] A bishop. 
The intercession of all these Apostolick Fathers could 
not prevaile with them to alter their resolved decree of 
isurping and over provender'd 
Milton, Prelatical Episcopacy. 
reducing into Order their usurping and over 
Spixopantt. i-i~. u-_i-.!...i 
episcopariant (e-pis-ko-pa'ri-an), a. [< ML. as 
if *episcoparius, equiv. to episcopalis, episcopal: 
see episcopal.] Episcopalian. [Bare.] 
The epi&coparian government then lately thrown out of 
doors. Wood, Athenffi Oxon., II. 305. 
episcopate 1 ! (e-pis'ko-pat), 
[< ML. epis- 
gi 
E 
, 
a degree as ... would be able to shake the firmest loyalty. 
Swift, Letter on the Sacramental Test, iv. 42. 
Whether the Kpiscopals shun us as the Catholic Review 
says the devil shuns holy water. The Interim: 
episcopalian (e-pis-ko-pa'lian), a. and n. [< 
episcopal + -ian.] I. a. If. "Pertaining to gov- 
ernment by bishops ; relating to episcopacy. 
The departure of King Richard from England was suc- 
ceeded by the episcopalian regency of the Jiishops of Ely 
and Durham. Peacock, Maid Marian, ix. 
2. [cop.] Same as Episcopal, 2: as. the Epis- 
copalian Church. 
II. n. Properly, one who belongs to an episco- 
pal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of 
church government and discipline ; popularly 
[cap.'], a member of the Anglican Church in 
general, but more especially of some branch 
of that church specifically called Episcopal. 
See episcopal. 
We are considered as parishioners of the missionaries, 
no less than professed episcopalians. 
Seeker, Ans. to Dr. Hayhew. 
episcopalianism (e-pis-ko-pa'lian-izm), n. [< 
episcopalian + -ism.] 1. 'The system of episco- 
pal church government ; episcopacy. 2. [(;>.] 
Adherence to or connection with the Episcopal 
Church; belief in Episcopal principles or doc- 
trines. 
episcopalism (e-pis'ko-pal-izm), n. [< enisco- 
pal + -ism.] That theory of the constitution 
of the Catholic Church according to which the 
pope is the chief bishop, but only primus inter 
copatus, pp. of episcopare, deponent episcopari, 
be a bishop, < LL. episcopus, a bishop : see epis- 
copal, bisliop.] To act as a bishop; fill the of- 
fice of a prelate. 
There he commits to the presbyters only full authority, 
both of feeding the flock and epincopatinff. 
Milton, Church-Government, i. 2. 
episcopate 2 (e-pis'ko-pat), . [= D. episko- 
paat = G. episkopat = F. episcopal = Sp. Pg. 
episcopado = It. cpiscopato, < LL. episcopates, 
the office and dignity of a bishop, < episcopus, 
a bishop, + -atus, E. -ate 3 .] 1. The office and 
dignity of a bishop; a bishopric. 2. The in- 
cumbency of a bishop. 
Germanns, ... in his twenty-five years' episcopate, 
contrived so to fill up his suffragan Sees as to have a 
majority of Greeks. J. M. Xeale, Eastern Church, i. 159. 
3. The order of bishops; the episcopal insti- 
tution ; a body of bishops. 
It is, indeed, from Dunstan that we may date the be- 
ginnings of that political episcopate which remained so 
marked a feature of English history from this time to the 
Reformation. J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 333. 
There was a territorial episcopate, and the bishops exer- 
cised their judicial powers with the help of archdeacons 
and deans. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 299. 
episcopicide 1 (e-pis'ko-pi-sid), n. [< LL. epis- 
copus, a bishop,' + -cida, a killer, < ca-dere, kill.] 
One who kills a bishop. 
episcopicide' 2 (e-pis'ko-pi-sid), . [< LL. epis- 
copits, a bishop, + L. -cidium, a killing, < ca- 
dere, kill.] The killing of a bishop. 
episcopize (e-pis'ko-piz), r. ; pret. and pp. epis- 
copized, ppr. episcopiziiig. [< LL. episcopus, 
bishop, + -ize.] I. intrans. To act as a bishop. 
W. Broomc. 
Who will episcopize must watch, fast, pray, 
And see to worke, not oversee to play. 
T. Scot, Philomythie (ed. 1616). 
II. trans. To consecrate to the episcopal of- 
fice ; make a bishop of. 
There seems reason to believe that Wesley was willing 
to have been episcopized upon this occasion. 
Southey, Wesley, xxvi. 
episcopus (e-pis'ko-pus), n. [NL., < LL. epis- 
copus, a bishop: see bishop.] The name of a 
typical tanager, Tanagra episcopus. 
episcppyt (e-pis'ko-pi), . [< Gr. eirunamla, a 
looking at (the second sense is taken from em- 
onoirii, the office of a bishop), < cmaKonelv, look 
at, oversee: see bishop.] 1. Survey; super- 
intendence; search. 
The censor, in his moral episcopy. 
Milton, Church-Government. 
2. Episcopacy. 
It was the universal doctrine of the Church for many 
ages . . . that episcopu is the divine or apostolical insti- 
tution. Jer. Taylor, Rule of Conscience, I. iv. 9. 
episeiorrhagia, . See episiorrltagia. 
episeiorrhaphy, . See episiorrhaphy. 
episemon (ep-i-se'mon), n. ; pi. episema (-ma). 
(X Gr. tfUnifaf (cf. equiv. cmarifia), any dis- 
tinguishing mark, a device, as on a coin or 
Episema. 
Two Greek shields bearing devices, frt 
episodical 
shield, a badge, crest, ensign, neut. of e-iatjfioc, 
having a mark or device on, marked, < etri, on, 
+ a-fi/ia, a sign, mark.] 1. In (Ir. antiq., a de- 
vice or badge, corresponding to the crest of 
later times, as that borne on the shield of a sol- 
dier, or that chosen as its distinguishing mark 
by a city, etc. 
The episemon of the town is a Ram's head. 
B. V. Head, Historia Nunioruni, p. 470. 
2. In the Greek alphabet, one of three obsolete 
letters used only as numerals. They are 5", a form 
of the digamma, F, fiav, vau (a similar character being 
used, later, as a ligature for ST, CTT, and called stigma); 
V, Komia, koppa; and 3), ao.v, san, later called ad^ni or 
aa.ii.Til, sampi. As numerate they were written with a 
mark over them : thus, s ' = 6, V = 90, ^V = 900. See vau, 
koppa, nan, sampi. 
episepalous (ep-i-sep'a-lus), a. [< Gr. m',upon, 
+ NL. scpalum, sepal, + -ous.] In lot., borne 
upon or opposite to a sepal: applied to stamens. 
episiohcematoma (ep-i-sl-o-he-ma-to'ma), n. ; 
pi. episiohceinatomata (-ma-ta). [$L., < Gr. eiri- 
miov, the pubes, + licemaionia, q. v.] A puden- 
da! hematocele. Also spelled episiohematotna. 
episioperineorrhaphy ( ep-i-si-o-per"i-ne-or'a- 
fi), . [NL., < Gr. eirieeiov, the region of the 
pubes, + pcrineorrhapliy, q. v.] Episiorrhaphy 
combined with perineorrhaphy. 
episiorrhagia (ep-i-si-o-ra'ji-a), n. [NL., < Gr. 
iwiaeiov, the region oi' the pubes, + -pay/a, < 
priyvi'vcu, break forth. ] Hemorrhage from some 
part of the vulva. Also spelled episeiorrhagia. 
episiorrhaphy (ep"i-si-or'a-fi), n. [< Gr. exiaftov, 
also written nriatov and iireiotov, the region of 
the pubes, + paijii], a sewing, suture, < /id-n-reiv, 
sew.] A plastic operation for prolapsus uteri. 
Also spelled episeiorrhti/'ln/. 
episkeletal (ep-i-skel'e-tal), a. [< Gr. em, 
upon, + OKtMTfo. a dry body (see skeleton), + 
-/.] In anat., situated above the axial endo- 
skeleton ; epaxial, as those muscles collectively 
which are developed in the most superficial 
portion of the three parts into which the pro- 
tovertebrse of a vertebrate are differentiated: 
opposed to hyposkeletal. 
As the episkeletal muscles are developed out of the pro- 
tovertebne, they necessarily, at first, present as many seg- 
ments as there are vertebra;. Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 44. 
episodal (ep'i-so-dal), a. [< episode + -al.] 
Same as episodic. 
episode (ep'i-sod), n. [= D. G. Dan. episode = 
Sw. episod = F. Episode = Sp. Pg. It. episodio, 
< NL. *episodium, < Gr. t-eiaootov, a paren- 
thetic addition, episode, neut. of ineiaoiiof, fol- 
lowing upon the entrance, coming in besides, 
adventitious (cf. bretoofof, a coming in be- 
sides, entrance), < mi, besides, + claoSof, en- 
trance (cla66iof, coming in), < etc, into, + 6<Wf, a 
way.] 1. A separate incident, story, or action 
introduced in a poem, narrative, or other writ- 
ing for the purpose of giving greater variety ; 
an incidental narrative or digression separable 
from the main subject, but naturally arising 
from it. 
But since we have no present Need 
Of Venus for an Episode, 
With Cupid let us e'en proceed. 
Prior, The Dove. 
Faithfully adhering to the truth, which he does not suf- 
fer so much as an ornamental episode to interrupt. 
Ilallam, Introd. Lit. of Europe. 
The tale [the history of Zara] is a strange episode in a 
greater episode. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. l:i:j. 
2. An incident or action standing out by itself, 
but more or less connected with a complete 
series of events: as, an episode of the war; an 
episode in one's life. 
Then you think that Episode between Susan, the Dairy- 
Maid, and our Coach-Man is not amiss. 
Congreve, Double-Dealer, iii. 10. 
3. In music, an intermediate or digressive sec- 
tion of a composition, especially in a contra- 
puntal work, like a fugue. 
episodial (ep-i-so'di-al), a. [< episode + -int.] 
Same as episodic. 
episodic (ep-i-sod'ik), a. [= F. e])isodiqve = 
Sp. cpisodico = Pg. It. episodico (cf. D. G. episo- 
ili.tcli = Dan. Sw. episodisl'); as episode + -ic.] 
Pertaining to or of the character of an episode ; 
contained in an episode or digression. Also, 
sometimes, episodal, episodial. 
Now this fiii^i"/!'- niiri-itiun j;ives the Poet an opportu- 
nity to relate all that is contained in four books. 
ri" . ody^sey, xii., note. 
episodical (ep-i-sod'i-kal), a. [<.episodic+ -al.] 
barne as episodic. 
In an episodical way he had studied and practised den- 
tistry. Uau'thurne, Seven Gables, xii. 
