Definitions for "Episcopal Church"
The name of our denomination comes from the Greek New Testament word for Bishop, episcopos (literally, 'overseer'). We are an episcopal church in that we have Bishops.
The Episcopal Church is the name of our denomination comes from the New Testament word for Bishop, episcopos (Greek: literally "overseer"). Ours is an "episcopal" church in that we have bishops in "apostolic succession" from the original apostles.
an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland