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Definition of Episcopalian

1. Noun. A member of the Episcopal church.

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church. "Married by an Episcopalian minister"

Definition of Episcopalian

1. a. Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.

2. n. One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Definition of Episcopalian

1. Noun. An adherent of the Episcopal Churches of America or Scotland. ¹

2. Adjective. episcopal, pertaining to a bishop of any church ¹

3. Adjective. Episcopalian ¹

4. Noun. Episcopalian ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Episcopalian

Epipaleolithic Epiphany Epiphany of Our Lord Epipremnum Epipremnum aureum Epirot Epirote Epirotes Epirots Epirus

Episcia dianthiflora Episcopal Episcopal Church Episcopal Church of Scotland Episcopal Churches Episcopalian (current term) Episcopalianism Episcopalians Episcopals Epistle of James

Epistle of Jeremiah Epistle of Jude Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Epistle to Philemon

Literary usage of Episcopalian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of English Nonconformity from Wiclif to the Close of the Nineteenth by Henry William Clark (1911)
"to say nothing of an occasional Episcopalian, shifted to and fro and dropped ... The " occasional Episcopalian " spoken of as finding a place in a ..."

2. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1884)
"The Episcopalian party Only partisan rancour can throw the blame of the Civil War on either side exclusively. Pym, far-sighted as he was on > CJ ii. 289. ..."

3. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1880)
"This practically withdrew all legislation since the year 1633. The consequence of this was that Episcopalian the p^^ation brought down by Sharp, ..."

4. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1905)
"The Episcopalian clergy of America were not so universally Tory as the Presbyterian and Congregational 1 Ambrose Serle to Lord Dartmouth ; New York, ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... CHARLES WESLEY: Method- diet Episcopalian; b. at Boston Feb. 3, 1846. He >tudied at Wesleyan University (BA, 1870), and held pastorates at Guilford, ..."

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