Of or relating to Anglicanism or an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa.

(nonstandard) An adherent of an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa.

An adherent of an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa.

(somewhat nonstandard) Of or relating to Anglicanism or an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa.

The office of bishop and the governance of the Church by bishops. / Bishops collectively; episcopate.

relating to an episode / sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly / (literature) made up a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes

Bishops seen as a group. / The tenure in office of a bishop. / (rare) A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.

(intransitive) To act as a bishop.

(Christianity) A reading from one of the New Testament epistles (written by St. Paul and others); one of the usual four readings from the Bible found in many (Sunday) Christian church services, in various denominations.

plural of episcopalian