AME, noun

/eɪ em ˈiː/
Forms:
Also A.M.E.
Origin:
Initial letters of African Methodist Episcopal (Church).
In full AME Church: a branch of the African-American church of the same name. See also Ethiopian.
1903 E. Nuttall Private Circular (Wesleyan Methodist Church of S. Afr.)Transfer of Members to or from A.M.E. Church and Ethiopian Associations.
1904 Declaration of Bishops (Afr. Methodist Episcopal Church)The delegates came, affiliation was effected, and the A.M.E. Church formally invited to begin operations in South Africa.
1941 Bantu World 1 Feb. 9The A.M.E. Church Choir under Rev. Lethoba..rendered fine musical items.
1952 Drum July 27Rev. William B. Modikoane, of the A.M.E. Church.
c1967 G.Z. Lethoba Afr. Methodist Episcopal Church in S. Africa. 28He (sc. Rev. Dwane) proposed that the A.M.E. Church in South Africa should secede from the A.M.E. Church of America and join the Anglican Church.
1970 Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. II. 54In 1896 the Rev. James M. Dwane brought about the incorporation of most of the members of the Ethiopian Church into the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.), a branch of an American Negro church.
1988 Pace Apr. 28I made history as the first white woman to join the AME (African Methodist Episcopal) church.
In full AME Church:a branch of the African-American church of the same name.
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