Usually means: Governance by bishops in churches.
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  1. episcopacies: Merriam-Webster
  2. episcopacies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. episcopacies: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. episcopacies: Wiktionary
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(Note: See episcopacy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (episcopacy)

noun:  The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
noun:  Bishops collectively: Synonym of episcopate.
▸ Also see episcopacy


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