Definition of anglican Anglican

/æˈŋglʌkʌn/ - [angglukun] - An•gli•can

We found 13 definitions of anglican from 7 different sources.

What does anglican mean?

WordNet

Noun
anglican - a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism
		protestant an adherent of Protestantism
		anglican church, anglican communion, church of england the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head
Adjective
anglican - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church; "an Anglican bishop"
		religious belief, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"

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Wiktionary

anglican (Noun)
A member of an Anglican church.
anglican (Adjective)
Relating to the Church of England , or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

anglican (a.)
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.
anglican (a.)
Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.
anglican (n.)
A member of the Church of England.
anglican (n.)
In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

anglican
A member of the Church of England.
anglican
Of or pertaining to the Church of England.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

anglican
ang′glik-an, adj. English: belonging to, or characteristic of, the Church of England.—n. Ang′licanism, attachment to English institutions, esp. the English Church: the principles of the English Church.—v.t. Ang′licise, to express in English idiom.—n. Ang′licism, an English idiom or peculiarity of language.—v.t. Ang′lify, to make English

Wikipedia

Anglicanism is a branch or denomination of Christianity. It is sometimes seen as being the middle way, or "via media" between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism because, in the English Reformation, the English Church kept the early Catholic ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons, while rejecting some parts of Catholicism, and making some reforms in the worship of God close to those made by the Protestants.

Worship.

The main worship of Anglicans includes prayer, Bible reading, singing, preaching, and the sharing of the bread and wine that is the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in a ceremony called Holy Communion. Anglican beliefs range from the bread and wine becoming the actual Body and Blood of Christ in the course of worship to the idea of these two being shared at Holy Communion only as a memorial of the life that Jesus Christ gave for all humanity on the Cross. The first is more or less the same as the belief of Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. The second is like the belief of most Protestants. Because Anglicanism allows both beliefs, and more, it is hard to place in the range of Christian denominations, and is often called Reformed Catholic. It believes that it is closest to Christ's original or primitive Christian Church in having balanced the best of Catholicism and the Reformation.

Origin.

The name Anglican for this Church comes from the Latin word for English because the Church started in England. In the history of the British Isles, Anglican, or Episcopal (from t