episcopally

American  

[i-pis-kuh-puh-lee] / ɪˈpɪs kə pə li /

adverb

1. in a way that relates to or characterizes bishops or recognizes a governing order of bishops.

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Example Sentences

One plan would join all churches that function "episcopally, congregationally and presbyterially," leaving local congregations free to administer the sacraments of Baptism and Communion in their own manner.

From Time Magazine Archive

But a man who took off his hat when he passed a church episcopally consecrated must be a good man, a pious man, a man of good principles.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

What were the opinions of that great and good man, their founder, on the question whether men not episcopally ordained could lawfully administer the Eucharist?

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

But he and his colleagues "not episcopally ordained" were forbidden to preach to British soldiers and to the Armenians and Portuguese.

From Life of William Carey by Smith, George

Nancy!" says Bobby, abandoning, at length, his persecution of Tou Tou, and pretending not to hear her last persevering assertion of her determination not to be episcopally wed—"tell the truth, and shame the devil.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda