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Anglo-catholic definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: supporting the Anglican Church

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1838 of or relating to a High Church movement in Anglicanism emphasizing its continuity with historic Catholicism and fostering Catholic dogmatic and liturgical traditions • Anglo-Catholic noun • Anglo-Catholicism noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. of a High Church Anglican group which emphasizes its Catholic tradition. --n. a member of this group.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anglo-Catholic An"glo-Cath"o*lic, a., Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anglo-Catholic An"glo-Cath"o*lic, n. A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Anglo-Catholics) 1. The Anglo-Catholic part of the Church of England, or of the churches related to it, is the part whose beliefs and practices are similar to those of the Catholic Church. ...a parish in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. ADJ: ADJ n 2. An Anglo-Catholic is a Christian who belongs to the Anglo-Catholic section of the Church of England, or to the churches related to it. N-COUNT