Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States

Cultural  

1. The American segment of the Anglican Communion; an alternate name for this church is the Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church was part of the Church of England before the American Revolution but became independent afterward.

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Example Sentences

While this Table is not published in the American Prayer Book, it is regarded by many American canonists as the law of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

It was extended later to other colonies as the Anglican Church spread through them all, and it came over into the life of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

From Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers by Brydon, G. MacLaren (George MacLaren)

For an account of his work see Tiffany's A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, pp.

From Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Hansen, Marcus L.

The Domestic Section of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States carries on work to a limited extent among the Swedes.

From Aliens or Americans? by Grose, Howard B. (Howard Benjamin)

The legal title of this important society is, "The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America."

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James