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Episcopacy in Anglicanism

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diocese
thumb|right|upright=1.25|Like other dioceses, the Diocese of Rome has a [[cathedra, the official seat of the Bishop of Rome.]]
Canterbury Cathedral
cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, England, founded in 597
mitre
The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; see spelling differences; both pronounced ; ) is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity. Mitres are worn in the Catholic Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (IOC), Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church (Jacobites), Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion, some Lutheran churches, for important ceremonies, by the Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, and also, in the Catholic Church, all cardinal
apostolic succession
method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession
crosier
thumb|A crozier on the coat of arms of Basel, Switzerland which was ruled by [[Prince-Bishops during the Middle Ages]]
ecclesiastical province
large jurisdiction of Christian government, found in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, the former Evangelical State Church in Prussia, etc.
cathedra
thumb|The cathedra of the Pope in the [[apse of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of Rome]] thumb|Modern cathedra at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in [[Los Angeles]] thumb|19th-century cathedra in Lichfield Cathedral
Lambeth Palace
official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury
pectoral cross
cross worn on the chest by Christian clergy of various denominations
episcopal polity
form of church governance consisting of a hierarchy of bishops
Lords Spiritual
bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords
Lambeth Conference
decennial assembly of Anglican bishops
diocesan chancery
office of the chancellor of a diocese
ecclesiastical ring
type of finger ring
Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting
Meetings of Anglican Communion leaders
Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral
four-point articulation of Anglican identity
Accord of Winchester
11th-century document from England dealing with the primacy of Canterbury in the English Church
Primacy of Ireland
Christian church office in Ireland
Root and Branch
petition present to English Parliament in 1640