Episcopal
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7.5
- adjective
- /ɪˈpɪs.kə.pəl/
- US
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episcopal
- She was a feminist theorist, and she was an Episcopal priest.
- Episcopal church
We'll hear from from Bishop Robinson about the struggles in the Episcopal Church.
- We'll hear from from Bishop Robinson about the struggles in the Episcopal Church.
- So the last three years of that, I was at the church, I was part time and, and Reagan Umber and gay Episcopal priest was full time.
Examples
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I was raised in the Episcopal Church, and I have served as an Episcopal priest for over 30 years.
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And so I grew up as the child of an Episcopal priest in suburban Philadelphia.
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Episcopal priests are free to marry and to have children.
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The Episcopal Church will do everything in its power to support Episcopal clergy in South Carolina who wish to remain members of this Church.
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We are not overburdened in the Episcopal Church with too many people doing evangelism.
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He is currently a postulant for the priesthood in the Episcopal Church and writing.
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Again this morning, my email inbox was full of warnings of impending schism in the Episcopal Church.
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The Rev. Stephanie Wethered, former assistant at St. Peter's and now rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Essex Fells, also attended the funeral.
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Let us introduce the pastor of St. George's Episcopal Church, Reverend Michael Hopkins.
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The most important issue for convention delegates centered on a proposed union between the Episcopal and Lutheran churches.
Synonyms
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7.4
Relating to a Christian church led by bishops, like the Anglican Church
Compounds
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5.1
An American church that follows the Anglican tradition and is connected to the Church of England
A Christian church in Scotland that is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion
A Christian church in the United States that comes from the Church of England
Surface Forms
Morphology
Episcopal = episcop + al
Formed from a non‑productive learned combining form 'episcop-' plus the productive suffix '-al'; average learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from these parts.
Etymology
Episcopal comes from the Greek word episkopos, which means 'overseer' or 'watcher', and it is the same idea behind the English word bishop. So Episcopal describes church matters that are about bishops or the church leaders who watch over the people.