Episcopalian
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7.4
- adjective
- /ɪˌpɪs.kəˈpeɪ.li.ən/
- US
- Reared in rural northwestern Connecticut, with a Methodist father and Episcopalian mother, he had been baptized Episcopalian (the only church in town was Episcopalian).
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Examples
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I'm a Christian of the Episcopalian flavor; we think and argue a lot.
Blog text (32) -
What's the difference between Episcopalian and Lutheran?
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I was really trying to get the whole history... ...of the Episcopalian Church...
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Well, I went to Episcopalian school, but my, my mother was Catholic.
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Mostly, my folks were Episcopalian.
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My mother is half Jewish... and my father is Episcopalian.
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We see everyone who walks past us, in and out of our 200-year-old originally Episcopalian school.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the nineteenth century, the U.S. government assigned Episcopalian and Catholic missionaries to South Dakota's reservations.
Academic text (2011) -
My freshman year at Penn State University (State College, Pennsylvania) was marked by lively discussions about religion with my high Episcopalian roommate.
Academic text (2014) -
Many families in our town are proud of their Episcopalian roots and celebrate their traditions every year.
Synonyms
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7.5
Relating to a Christian church led by bishops, like the Anglican tradition
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6.3
Relating to the Church of England and its way of worship
Surface Forms
Morphology
Episcopalian = episcopal (semi-transparent) = episcop + al + ian
The adjective 'episcopal' plus the productive suffix '-ian' yields 'Episcopalian' in a regular, predictable way.
Etymology
Episcopalian comes from the Greek episkopos, with epi- 'over' and skopos 'overseer', and it shares the same root as bishop, so Episcopalian describes things connected with a church that is led by bishops.