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Episcopal Church

British  

noun

  1. an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hundreds of people showed up for a midweek vigil at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, where some of the family worships, a few days after Guthrie disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

The Episcopal Church has been vocal in its condemnation of the administration’s treatment of immigrants.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025

The Scottish Episcopal Church said the complaints were the "most heavily investigated" in its history.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Cristosal, founded in 2000 by leaders of the Episcopal Church, announced that it had suspended its operations in the country, and that nearly two dozen of its staffers had left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025

For the last entire year I have worn my little white gloves and pillbox hat to the First Episcopal Church in Johannesburg and recited it right along with the best of them.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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