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adjective

Anglican adj.

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.

Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.

noun

Anglican n.

A member of the Church of England. "Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists."

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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Etymology of 'Anglican'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Anglican" Quotes from Famous Books

... only a strikingly beautiful child, but the stamp of child that expands into a beautiful woman. In spite of her half-Anglican lineage and Antipodean birth, there was something almost amusing in the strong racial index of her pure Irish face. The black hair and eye-brows were there, with eyes of indescribable blue; the full, shapely lips, and that delicate ...

— Such is Life • Joseph Furphy

... the fiercest struggle his gentle nature had ever yet known. He was torn by the desire to go forward, risking all, with those whom he reverenced; yet was restrained by a sense of honour. For there was in Julius a strain of obstinate, almost fanatic, loyalty. To the Anglican Church he had pledged himself. Through her ministry he had received illumination. To the work of her awakening he had given all his young enthusiasm. How then could he desert her? Her rites might be maimed. The scandal of schism might tarnish her fair fame. Accusations ...

— The History of Sir Richard Calmady - A Romance • Lucas Malet

... Etymologicon Lingu Anglican, Seu Explicatio vocum Anglicarum Etymologica ex propriis fontibus, scil. ex Linguis duodecim; Anglo-Saxonica seu Anglica prisca, notata AS. Runica, Gothica, Cimbrica, seu Danica antiqua, notata Run. Dan. Franco-Theotisca, seu Teutonica vetere, notata ...

— Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge • W. W. Greg

... a better title than any other to be revered as the father of the Anglican church, showed himself during the life of Henry the most cautious and complaisant of reformers. Aware that any rashness or precipitation on the part of the favorers of new opinions might expose them to all the fury of persecution from a prince ...

— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin

... was conducted after the Anglican form of worship, but differed in some respects from that of the present day. The Puritans of those times were making every effort to get rid of what, in their eyes, were useless forms and ceremonies, and in many places in England ...

— Penshurst Castle - In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney • Emma Marshall

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