Episcopal Church in America

American  

noun

1. the church in the U.S. that inherited the doctrine, discipline, and forms of worship of the Church of England, from which it became an independent body within the Anglican communion: known before 1976 as the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Example Sentences

However, those palace insiders are now alleging that a christening across the pond was "highly unlikely" and the couple will instead christen their daughter at the Episcopal Church in America.

From Fox News • Oct. 12, 2021

Episcopal saint is probably Samuel Seabury, first Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, the anniversary of whose consecration in November is widely observed.

From Time Magazine Archive

I cannot imagine that the Vatican would want to have anything to do with the Episcopal Church in America.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bishops Paine and McTyiere then consecrated them the first two bishops of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.

From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin

The laity of the Episcopal Church in America were, excepting a small minority, opposed to the measure.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles