"Episcopalian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more Episcopalian [comparative], most Episcopalian [superlative]
Etymology: From Episcopal + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Episcopal|-ian}} Episcopal + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-,more}} Episcopalian (not generally comparable, comparative more Episcopalian, superlative most Episcopalian)
  1. (somewhat nonstandard) 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. Tags: nonstandard, not-comparable, usually Synonyms: Episcopal Hypernyms: Anglican
    Sense id: en-Episcopalian-en-adj-r4ng2BoP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anglicanism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 1 50 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 47 2 49 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 0 51 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 0 51 0 Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 79 1 19 1
  2. (now uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of episcopalian. Tags: alt-of, not-comparable, uncommon, usually Alternative form of: episcopalian
    Sense id: en-Episcopalian-en-adj-qVRt1-LD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Noun [English]

Forms: Episcopalians [plural]
Etymology: From Episcopal + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Episcopal|-ian}} Episcopal + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Episcopalian (plural Episcopalians)
  1. 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. Synonyms: Episcopal [nonstandard], Piscy [informal] Hypernyms: Anglican
    Sense id: en-Episcopalian-en-noun-bUUW2PuU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 1 50 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 47 2 49 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 0 51 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 0 51 0
  2. (now uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of episcopalian. Tags: alt-of, uncommon Alternative form of: episcopalian
    Sense id: en-Episcopalian-en-noun-qVRt1-LD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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