Episcopalian
adjective
pertaining or adhering to the Episcopal Church in America.
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episcopalianadjectivepractising or advocating the principle of Church government by bishops
Episcopalian
American
[ih-pis-kuh-peyl-yuhn, -pey-lee-uhn]
/ ɪˌpɪs kəˈpeɪl jən, -ˈpeɪ li ən /
Episcopalian
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/ ɪˌpɪskəˈpeɪlɪən /
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episcopalian
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/ ɪˌpɪskəˈpeɪlɪən /
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Episcopalianismnoun
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episcopalianismnoun
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non-Episcopaliannoun
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nonepiscopalianadjective
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pseudo-Episcopalianadjective
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Origin of Episcopalian
Example Sentences
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Guppy said she learned that members of her Episcopalian church, St. Stephen’s Hollywood, had been detained during the raid of the Ambiance Apparel factory in downtown L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being “mauled by demons.”
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
He was a spiritual man himself, a practicing Episcopalian, but humble about it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
A 200-year-old Episcopal seminary in Virginia has thrown a financial lifeline to a struggling Episcopalian school in New York City — in part to head off a looming, critical shortage of clergy in the denomination.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
He was an Episcopalian priest, and his wife, Julie, was a music teacher.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
The bishop suffered even more than I did; he walked up and down on the sheltered side of the house wrapped in a huge episcopalian cloak.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude
This office was, however, filled by the senior chaplain; and until 1838 the schools were exclusively episcopalian.
From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by John West
Cargrim was drenched to the skin, and by the time he slipped through the small iron gate near the big ones, into the episcopalian park, he looked like a lean water-rat.
From The Bishop's Secret by Fergus Hume
It may be surmised how far Lord Auchinleck, such as he is here described, was likely to suit a high Tory and episcopalian like Johnson.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by James Boswell
Of my godfathers, one was a Scotch episcopalian, Mr. Fraser of ——, whom I hardly ever saw or heard of; the other a presbyterian, Mr. G. Grant, a junior partner of my father's.'
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley
The mainline is a collection of long-established Protestant denominations: the Episcopalians, United Methodists, Presbyterians and so on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Such developments have split the global church family, where conservative Episcopalians in the United States and African Anglican leaders have protested the moves and, in some cases, boycotted the decennial Lambeth Conference assembly.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2023
The formerly mighty mainline Protestant denominations, like the Episcopalians and Methodists, have shrunk and lost influence.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2021
We’ve seen entire religious groups — the Episcopalians, the Unitarian Universalists, the U.S.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
In the Parish of St. Helena the Baptists reported 2,132 communicants, the Methodists 314, and the Episcopalians only 52.
From The History of the Negro Church by Carter Godwin Woodson
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