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| churchwarden |
in the Episcopal Church, one of two elected lay officers who manage the secular affairs of the church. [1/3 definitions] |
| episcopal |
(cap.) of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church. [1/2 definitions] |
| Episcopalian |
of, belonging to, or relating to the Episcopal Church. [2/3 definitions] |
| major order |
the rank of deacon, priest, or bishop, as in the Roman Catholic or Episcopal churches. |
| Pauli Murray |
American civil rights and women's rights activist, lawyer, author, and Episcopal priest (b.1910--d.1985). |
| Protestant Episcopal Church |
a U.S. church descended from and modeled on the Church of England but separate and autonomous since 1789; Episcopal Church. |
| vestry |
in the Anglican and Episcopal churches, a lay committee that manages the temporal affairs of the church, or a meeting of this committee or of the congregation. [1/3 definitions] |
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