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Word: triennially (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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members of the hierarchy-Bishops Charles S. Reifsnider of North Kwanto, Shirley H. Nichols of Kyoto and Norman S. Binsted of Tohoku, all of whom were in the U. S. to attend next month's Episcopal triennial General Convention at Kansas City-that they too must resign. The four native Japanese bishops who will now rule the church's 30,000 communicants voted to reject all foreign financial aid. Probable shot: withdrawal of the 85 U. S. Episcopal missionaries in Japan (they could not live on a rice-Christian's income), closing of many an Episcopal mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: God and the Emperor | 9/9/1940 | See Source »

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