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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury
Synonyms:
Episcopal Church; Protestant Episcopal Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Protestant 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 "Protestant Episcopal Church"):
Episcopalian (a member of the Episcopal church)
Domain member category:
vicar ((Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel)