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Episcopalian, a dissentient, in Scotland, from the Established Presbyterian Church, and an adherent of the Reformed Catholic Church deriving apostolic successon from the apostles. The clergy of this kind are now placed nearly on a footing with the clergy of the Church of England when in this country. See 27 & 28 Vict. c. 94.