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Anglicanism

American  
[ang-gli-kuh-niz-uhm] / ˈæŋ glɪ kəˌnɪz əm /

noun

  1. the doctrines, principles, or system of the Anglican Church.


anglicanism British  
/ ˈæŋɡlɪkəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. the doctrine and practice of the Church of England and other Anglican Churches

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Anglicanism

First recorded in 1840–50; Anglican + -ism

Example Sentences

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I did, as someone who went from partially observant American Protestantism to Anglicanism to the Catholic Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The British monarch is head of the Church of England, the mother church of global Anglicanism.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

The Church of God in Christ, Lutheranism and Methodism each scored +5 favorability ratings, while Anglicanism and the Episcopal Church came in at +3.

From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2023

His eventual commitment to an exceptionally austere Anglicanism revolutionized Eliot’s later life but ruined Hale’s.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022

The so-called High Church people emphatically insist that there is no break in the continuity of the Church of England, and that the modern Anglicanism is a direct descendant of the old British Church.

From Catholic Churchmen in Science by Walsh, James J.

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