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Definition of Episcopal Church

1. Noun. An autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.

2. Noun. United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury.

Definition of Episcopal Church

1. Noun. Any Church whose organization is based around bishops; but especially any Church of the Anglican Communion ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Episcopal Church

Epipactis Epipactis gigantea Epipactis helleborine Epipaleolithic Epiphany Epiphany of Our Lord Epipremnum Epipremnum aureum Epirot Epirote

Epirotes Epirots Epirus Episcia dianthiflora Episcopal Episcopal Church (current term) Episcopal Church of Scotland Episcopal Churches Episcopalian 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

Literary usage of Episcopal Church

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"(8) The Union American Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in 1813 at Wilmington, ... In the United States, beside the Methodist Episcopal Church, ..."

2. Source Book and Bibliographical Guide for American Church History by Peter George Mode (1921)
"A Protestant Episcopal Church in any of the United States not now represented, may at any time hereafter be admitted, on acceding to the articles of this ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The African Methodist Episcopal Church: Early in the history of American Methodism there was dissatisfaction in the colored membership, who were aroused by ..."

4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"The number of those who study the courses directly under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church is not now as great as it was, for the reason that ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In 1845 a representative Convention was called; this body, with the approval and participation of Bishop Andrew, organized the Methodist Episcopal Church ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Protestant episcopal church. High church or low church? Outlook. ... Protestant episcopal church In Africa. American church on the west coast of Africa. ..."

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