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EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Episcopal Church mean?
• EPISCOPAL CHURCH (noun)
The noun EPISCOPAL CHURCH has 2 senses:
1. an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland
2. United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury
Familiarity information: EPISCOPAL CHURCH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Episcopal Church; Episcopal Church of Scotland
Hypernyms ("Episcopal Church" is a kind of...):
Anglican Church; Anglican Communion; Church of England (the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head)
Domain region:
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Episcopal Church; Protestant Episcopal Church
Hypernyms ("Episcopal Church" is a kind of...):
Anglican Church; Anglican Communion; Church of England (the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head)
Meronyms (members of "Episcopal Church"):
Episcopalian (a member of the Episcopal church)
Domain member category:
vicar ((Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel)
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