ANGLICAN

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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.

2.
a.

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

3.
n.

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

4.
n.

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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