rare. [f. Gr. ἐπίσκοπος bishop + λατρεία worship.] ‘Worship’ of bishops.
1867. Ch. & State Rev., 9 March, 224. The practical danger of episcopolatry is less imminent than might be supposed.
1882. Ch. Times, 22 Dec., 915. Those Englishmen who, in the violence of their recoil from Presbyterianism and Congregationalism, have cherished proclivities in the direction of Episcopolatry.
