| 正面 | 8065.episcopal 英 [ɪ'pɪskəp(ə)l; e-]美 [ɪ'pɪskəpl]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、epi- "over" + scop- "watcher" => episcop- "watcher, overseer" + -al.adj. 主教的（副词episcopally）；主教管辖的；主教制度的；英国国教的 例句： 1. And CY Cummings has even turned High Episcopal for her.为了她,赛·卡明斯还讲了圣公会. episcopal 主教的epi-, 在上，在中。-scope, 看，词源同telescope, spectator. 即照看，监管。bishop为其拼写异体。 episcopal (adj.)mid-15c., "belonging to or characteristic of bishops," from Middle French épiscopal (14c.), from Late Latin episcopalis, from Latin episcopus "an overseer" (see bishop). Reference to a church governed by bishops is 1752. With a capital E-, the ordinary designation of the Anglican church in the U.S. and Scotland, so called because its bishops are superior to other clergy. Chambers' "Cyclopaedia" (1751) has episcopicide "the murdering of a bishop."" |