Dictionary 1. (a.) Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.2. (a.) Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system. Thesaurus abbatial abbatical archiepiscopal canonical capitular capitulary churchly clerical ecclesiastic episcopalian evangelistic ministerial pastoral prelatial prelatic priest-ridden priestish priestly rabbinic sacerdotal ultramontane |