Episcopal

See also: episcopal and épiscopal

English

Adjective

Episcopal (not generally comparable, comparative more Episcopal, superlative most Episcopal)

1. Of or relating to Anglicanism or an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa.

   Jane Doe was ordained as an Episcopal priest last year in the Diocese of Edinburgh.

   Synonym: (somewhat nonstandard) Episcopalian

Hypernyms

• Anglican

Noun

Episcopal (plural Episcopals)

1. (nonstandard) An adherent of an Anglican church, especially the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or the Anglican churches in the Philippines, western Asia, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and most of north Africa.

   Synonym: Episcopalian

Usage notes

• Typically, Episcopal serves only as an adjective. The noun normally used to refer to individual adherents of Episcopal churches is Episcopalian.

Hypernyms

• Anglican

References

• Donald S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors (2000), “Episcopalian”, in An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly Reference for Episcopalians, New York: Church Publishing, →ISBN, page 186.
• Paula Froke, Anna Jo Bratton, Jeff McMillan, Pia Sarkar, Jerry Schwartz, and Raghuram Vadarevu, editors (2020), The Associated Press Stylebook, 55th edition, Associated Press.

Anagrams

• coapplies