Anglican
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Anglican![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Anglican \An"gli*can\, a. [Angli the Angles, a Germanic tribe in Lower Germany. Cf. English.] 1. English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Anglican \An"gli*can\, n.
1. A member of the Church of England.
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Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists.
--Burke.
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2. In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party,
or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church
of England.
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Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Anglican
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican
church; "an Anglican bishop"
n 1: a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism [ant:
Nonconformist, chapelgoer]
Matching Word(s) Anglian anglian
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