episcopy

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐπισκοπή (episkopḗ), from ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, bishop”). See bishop. First attested in 1642 in John Milton’s The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty. === Noun === episcopy (countable and uncountable, plural episcopies) (obsolete) Supervision; superintendence. (obsolete) Episcopacy. === References === “episcopy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.