<B>episcopal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with a bishop or bishops. <DD><B> 2. </B>Sometimes, <B>Episcopal.</B> governed by bishops. <DD><B> 3. </B>Sometimes, <B>Episcopal.</B> recognizing the office of a bishop as a ministerial rank. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=episcopalian.</B> adv. <B>episcopally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="episcopal">
<B>Episcopal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Church of England or the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. </DL>
<A NAME="episcopalian">
<B>episcopalian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with bishops or episcopacy; episcopal. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government. </DL>
<A NAME="episcopalian">
<B>Episcopalian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with an Anglican church; Episcopal. </DL>
<A NAME="episcopalianism">
<B>Episcopalianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the doctrines, organization, and manner of worship of Episcopalians. <DD><B> 2. </B>adherence to the Episcopal Church or Episcopal principles. </DL>
<A NAME="episcopalism">
<B>episcopalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the theory of church polity according to which the supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the episcopal order as a whole, and not in any individual except by delegation. </DL>
<A NAME="episcopalstork">
<B>episcopal stork,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a black stork of Africa and India with a white neck and long white feathers which project beyond the true tail feathers. </DL>
<A NAME="episcopate">
<B>episcopate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the position, rank, or term of office of a bishop. <DD><B> 2. </B>the district under the charge of a bishop; bishopric; see. <DD><B> 3. </B>bishops as a group. </DL>
<A NAME="episcopature">
<B>episcopature, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>bishops as a group. <DD><B> 2. </B>the term of office of a bishop. </DL>
<A NAME="episcotister">
<B>episcotister, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an apparatus for admitting light into a darkened area and varying its intensity by means of rotating discs. </DL>
<A NAME="episematic">
<B>episematic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) (of natural colors, markings, scent, or the like) that assist animals of the same species to recognize each other. </DL>
<A NAME="episiotomy">
<B>episiotomy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> surgical incision of the vulva to facilitate childbirth. </DL>
<A NAME="episodal">
<B>episodal, </B>adjective. =episodic.</DL>
<A NAME="episode">
<B>episode, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an incident or experience that stands out from others. <BR> <I>Ex. Being named the best athlete of the year was an important episode in the baseball player's life. His meeting with Matisse was an important episode in the artist's year in France.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a set of events or actions separate from the main plot of a novel, story, or other literary work. <DD><B> b. </B>(Music.) a passage separated from and in contrast to the principal themes, especially in a sonata or fugue. <DD><B> 3. </B>the part in a Greek tragedy between two choric songs. </DL>
<A NAME="episodic">
<B>episodic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like an episode; incidental; occasional. <DD><B> 2. </B>consisting of a series of loosely related episodes; unintegrated. <BR> <I>Ex. an episodic plot.</I> adv. <B>episodically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="episodical">
<B>episodical, </B>adjective. =episodic.</DL>
<A NAME="episomal">
<B>episomal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an episome or episomes. <BR> <I>Ex. The "virus" can exist in integrated and nonintegrated states which parallels the behaviour of the episomal determinants of bacteria (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="episome">
<B>episome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a genetic particle found in bacteria, that may either be integrated in a chromosome or exist independently. <BR> <I>Ex. A different kind of episome ... conveys multiple resistance to antibiotics from one bacterial cell to another (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="epispastic">
<B>epispastic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) <DD><I>adj. </I> raising a blister when applied to the skin. <DD><I>noun </I> a blistering agent or remedy; vesicatory. </DL>
<A NAME="episperm">
<B>episperm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) the outer integument of a seed; testa. </DL>
<A NAME="epistasis">
<B>epistasis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the ability of a gene to affect the expression of a character controlled by a nonallelic gene. </DL>
<A NAME="epistatic">
<B>epistatic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> able to affect the expression of a character controlled by a nonallelic gene. </DL>
<A NAME="epistaxis">
<B>epistaxis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) bleeding from the nose. </DL>
<A NAME="epistemic">
<B>epistemic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with knowledge or learning. <BR> <I>Ex. Epistemic behavior is prompted by the desire for new information (Science Journal).</I> adv. <B>epistemically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="epistemological">
<B>epistemological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with epistemology. <BR> <I>Ex. Einstein's work has changed our whole concept of physics and its epistemological background (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> adv. <B>epistemologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="epistemologist">
<B>epistemologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in epistemology. </DL>
<A NAME="epistemology">
<B>epistemology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of philosophy that deals with the origin, nature, and limits of knowledge. </DL>
<A NAME="episternal">
<B>episternal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the episternum. <DD><I>noun </I> an episternal process. </DL>
<A NAME="episternum">
<B>episternum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-na.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>(in mammals) the upper part of the sternum; manubrium. <DD><B> b. </B>(in lower vertebrate animals) the interclavicle. <DD><B> 2. </B>a division of the thorax of an insect. </DL>
<A NAME="epistle">
<B>epistle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a letter. Epistles are usually long, instructive letters written in formal or elegant language. <DD><B> 2. </B>a literary work, usually in verse, written in the form of a letter. </DL>
<A NAME="epistle">
<B>Epistle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a letter written by one of Christ's Apostles to various churches and individuals. The canonical Epistles make up 21 books of the New Testament. The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are often known as the <I>Pastoral Epistles,</I> those of James, Peter, John, and Jude as <I>General</I> or <I>Catholic Epistles.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a selection from one of these, read as part of the Mass or the Anglican service of Holy Communion. </DL>
<A NAME="epistler">
<B>epistler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the writer of an epistle. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Ecclesiastical.) epistoler. </DL>
<A NAME="epistleside">
<B>epistle side,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the south side of the altar, at which the Epistle is read. </DL>
<A NAME="epistolary">
<B>epistolary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>carried on by letters; contained in letters. <BR> <I>Ex. an epistolary correspondence.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of letters; suitable for writing letters. <BR> <I>Ex. an epistolary style.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>given to writing letters. <BR> <I>Ex. The female ... is by nature a much more epistolary animal than the male (C. S. Lewis).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>written in the form of a series of letters. <BR> <I>Ex. an epistolary novel.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="epistoler">
<B>epistoler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the person who reads the Epistle in the Mass or the Communion Service. </DL>
<A NAME="epistolography">
<B>epistolography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art or practice of letter writing. </DL>
<A NAME="epistoma">
<B>epistoma, </B>noun, pl. <B>epistomata.</B> =epistome.</DL>
<A NAME="epistomal">
<B>epistomal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or consisting of an epistome. </DL>
<A NAME="epistome">
<B>epistome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) any part, region, or organ lying upon or before the mouth, such as the prostomium of polyzoans or the clypeus of insects. </DL>
<A NAME="epistrophe">
<B>epistrophe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rhetoric.) a figure in which successive clauses or sentences end with the same word. </DL>
<A NAME="epistropheal">
<B>epistropheal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the epistropheus. </DL>
<A NAME="epistropheus">
<B>epistropheus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-phei.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the second cervical vertebra, having a tooth or process upon which the head is turned; axis. </DL>
<A NAME="epistrophic">
<B>epistrophic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an epistrophe. </DL>
<A NAME="eppistrophy">
<B>eppistrophy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) the reversion of an abnormal form or type to the normal one. </DL>
<A NAME="epistyle">
<B>epistyle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a building resting directly on top of columns; architrave. </DL>
<A NAME="epitaph">
<B>epitaph, </B>noun, verb,<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a short statement in memory of a dead person. It is often put on a gravestone or tomb. <BR> <I>Ex. Let no man write my epitaph (Robert Emmet).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any writing resembling such an inscription. <BR> <I>Ex. The extraordinary thing about this biography is that it reads ... as an epitaph to that second phase in Canadian history which ended in 1957 (Canadian Saturday Night).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to commemorate in an epitaph. <BR> <I>Ex. After he is dead and buried, And epitaphed (James Russell Lowell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="epitaphic">
<B>epitaphic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having the form or character of epitaphs. <DD><B> 2. </B>relating to epitaphs. </DL>
<A NAME="epitaphios">
<B>Epitaphios, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a ceremony in the Greek Catholic Church held on Good Friday, commemorating the burial of Christ. </DL>
<A NAME="epitaphist">
<B>epitaphist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a writer of epitaphs. </DL>
<A NAME="epitasis">
<B>epitasis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of the play in classical drama in which the action leading up to the catastrophe is developed. The epitasis follows the protasis. </DL>
<A NAME="epitaxial">
<B>epitaxial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or containing a crystal, as of silicon, that is homogeneous with the substrate from which it is grown. <BR> <I>Ex. an epitaxial transistor.</I> adv. <B>epitaxially.</B> </DL>
