Episcopalian
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Episcopalian refers to -
- For historical reasons, English usage of Episcopalian usually refers to the Anglican Communion, rather than any of the other Christian denominations that have bishops.
- In Great Britain and the Commonwealth, it usually refers to Anglicanism as a whole.
- In the United States, it refers specifically to the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, rather than the wider body of Anglicanism.
- This can also be called Episcopal.
- Conservative sources within and without that denomination have been known to use it polemically, to refer to social and theological positions with which they do not agree.
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