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Episcopalianism

American  
[i-pis-kuh-payl-yuhn-iz-uhm, -lee-uhn-iz-uhm] / ɪˌpɪs kəˈpeɪl yənˌɪz əm, -li ənˌɪz əm /

noun

  1. the teaching and practice that characterize the Episcopal Church.

  2. (initial lowercase letter) belief in or adherence to an episcopal form of church government.


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He converted to the faith from Episcopalianism in the 1990s.

From New York Times • May 9, 2015

Once again, he gained entry into the higher echelons through the church, in this case Saint Thomas Church, on Fifth Avenue, the epicenter of Manhattan Episcopalianism.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2011

In many ways, it suggests a kind of Episcopalianism writ large and Low.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ford's friendship with the Rev. Billy Zeoli, a flamboyant evangelist who spends his autumn Sundays conducting chapel services for professional football teams, adds a dash of evangelical fervor to the President's restrained Episcopalianism.

From Time Magazine Archive

They even abandoned the Episcopalianism of their old home, and became Methodists, like their neighbors.

From Thomas Hart Benton by Roosevelt, Theodore

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