episkopal

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Danish

Adjective

episkopal

  1. episcopal (of or relating to bishops)

Inflection

Inflection of episkopal
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular episkopal — —2
indefinite neuter singular episkopalt — —2
plural episkopale — —2
definite attributive1 episkopale — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch episcopaal, from French épiscopal, from Latin episcopālis (“episcopal”), from episcopus (“bishop”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: èpis‧ko‧pal

Noun

èpiskopal (plural episkopal-episkopal)

  1. (Catholicism) episcopal, relating to a bishop and/or to the episcopate
  2. (Christianity) Anglican, Episcopal

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin episcopālis (“episcopal”), from episcopus (“bishop”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Adjective

episkopal (neuter singular episkopalt, definite singular and plural episkopale)

  1. episcopal

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin episcopālis (“episcopal”), from episcopus (“bishop”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Adjective

episkopal (neuter singular episkopalt, definite singular and plural episkopale)

  1. episcopal

References

Swedish

Adjective

episkopal

  1. episcopal (of or relating to bishops)

Declension

Inflection of episkopal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular episkopal — —
neuter singular episkopalt — —
plural episkopala — —
masculine plural2 episkopale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 episkopale — —
all episkopala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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