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-payl-yuhn, -pay-lee-uhn]
/ ɪˌpɪs kəˈpeɪl jən, -ˈpeɪ li ən /
Episcopalian
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British
/ ɪˌpɪskəˈpeɪlɪən /
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noun
episcopalian
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/ ɪˌpɪskəˈpeɪlɪən /
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noun
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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
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Three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, I walked into my office at an Episcopalian refugee resettlement organization in New Haven, Conn. There sat five females colleagues with their heads covered in hijabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Catholic, Anglican and Episcopalian churches follow liturgical calendars containing set Scripture passages to be read, with sermons or homilies to be derived from those passages.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
“It’s a reminder that we have a finite term. Being raised a good Catholic girl, now an Episcopalian, I was raised to make the world a better place. I’ve got to do that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
A devoted Episcopalian, Dr. Goodenough kept a tapestry of the Last Supper on the wall of his laboratory.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 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
There is no established religion; but the professors of the presbyterian and the episcopalian, or church of England tenets, take the precedence, both in numbers and respectability.
From Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe by William Bingley
He loved her so well that for her sake he temporarily abandoned his pew at St. Asaph's, which was episcopalian, and listened to fourteen consecutive sermons on hell.
From Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock
He derided the Covenant; laughed at his own folly in formerly supporting it; confessed his repentance for his days of rebellion; was convinced of the sound loyalty, and episcopalian compliance of his country.
From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
So here in the episcopalian palace of Beorminster were three people, each one masking his real feelings in intercourse with the others.
From The Bishop's Secret by Fergus Hume
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
This “dechurching,” as they call it, is apparent in most denominations, reducing the numbers of Presbyterians and Episcopalians and also of evangelicals like Southern Baptists.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
In 2021, membership stood at 1.52 million, a drop of 20% over the previous 10 years, and 42% from the 3.5 million Americans who self-identified as Episcopalians in 2001.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
American Episcopalians underscored this departure from convention in 2015 by permitting same-sex marriages.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Thus, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Unitarians, and Romanists stood revealed, each the ardent champion of his own peculiar views.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
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