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  1. In the Christian church, a system of
  2. government in which administrative and
  3. spiritual power over a district (diocese) is
  4. held by a bishop. The Roman Catholic, Eastern
  5. Orthodox, Anglican, and Episcopal churches
  6. (USA) are episcopalian; episcopacy also
  7. exists in some branches of the Lutheran
  8. Church, for example, in Scandinavia.
  9.