<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of or relating to a bishop: episcopal authority.</li><li>Based on or recognizing a governing order of bishops: an episcopal hierarchy.</li><li>(initial capital letter) Designating the Anglican Church or some branch of it, as the Episcopal Church in America.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>(initial capital letter) Informal. An Episcopalian.</li></ul>