Episcopal Church

The church in the United States that is in communion with the Church of England.

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Episcopal Church

(Anglicanism) an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US

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Epis′copal Church′

a church in the U.S. descended from the Church of England.

Also called Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Noun	1.	Episcopal Church - an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland Episcopal Church of Scotland Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Church of England - the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
	2.	Episcopal Church - United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury Protestant Episcopal Church Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Church of England - the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head Episcopalian - a member of the Episcopal church vicar - (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

Translations

Episcopal Church

n → Episkopalkirche f

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(54.) Allen Guelzo, "A Test of Identity: The Vestments Controversy in the Reformed Episcopal Church, 1873-1897," Anglican and Episcopal History 61 (1992): 310.

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Rob Schenck, who serves as general secretary of the Washington, D.C.-based National Clergy Council, and his brother Paul, the group's chairman and rector of a Reformed Episcopal church in Philadelphia, held a press conference outside the U.S.

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