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 

• EPISCOPAL CHURCH (noun)

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)