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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 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

New additions include Margaret Spellings, former U.S. secretary of education and CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center; Michael Curry, former presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church; Beto O’Rourke, former U.S.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

I don’t want to talk about what happened at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, South Grove, Massachusetts, sixty-seven days after the end of sixth grade, just four days before the start of seventh grade.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

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