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Episcopal Church

British  

noun

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

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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

Hamza Walker first conceived of “Monuments” when the statues began coming down in the wake of the 2015 shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

The laundry Mama took in included that of a White Episcopal priest, Reverend Eder, the priest in charge at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson