Episcopal Church
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- noun
- UK
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Iglesia Episcopal de Escocia
- Soon thereafter, the freedmen's aid associations of other religious groups, such as the Methodist Episcopal Church, founded Rust University in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and Clark College in Atlanta, which in 1877 became Clark University.
- Episcopal Church (Methodist)
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- St. James Episcopal Church
Examples
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Many members of the community attend services at the Episcopal Church, finding comfort in its traditions.
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The bishops of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines have also rejected the covenant.
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His father became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and his mother worked as a domestic servant.
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In other words, Calvinist doctrine was superior to the Episcopal Church in England.
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A contribution to contemporary debate on historical matters, with particular reference to the Church of England, the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church in North America, and the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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The Episcopal Church of Scotland has bishops and a Primus (who is, confusingly, not a stove, but is not established (though it is connected to the Establishment).
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The resolution acknowledges that, following extensive study and prayerful consideration of the Anglican Covenant, there remains a wide variety of opinions and ecclesiological positions in The Episcopal Church.
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Two provinces—the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia—have voted against adopting the covenant.
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Bishop Wesley J. Gaines, a respected pastor of Atlanta's African Methodist Episcopal Church, and William H. Crogman, professor of Latin and Greek at Clark University, represented Georgia.
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The Episcopal Church in Scotland emphasizes the importance of social justice and community outreach.
Synonyms
A Christian church in Scotland that is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion
Surface Forms
Morphology
A learner who knows 'episcopal' (relating to bishops) and 'church' can reasonably infer this refers to a church governed by bishops, so part of the meaning is compositional. However, the MWE's full denotation as the specific American Anglican denomination in communion with the Church of England is a culturally and institutionally specific identification that is not fully predictable from the parts alone.
Etymology
Episcopal Church in Scotland gets its name from the word episcopal, which comes from a Greek word meaning 'overseer' or 'bishop'. Because this church is led by bishops and is an independent branch in Scotland, people call it the 'Episcopal Church'.