Anglican

American  

[ang-gli-kuhn] / ˈæŋ glɪ kən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Church of England.

2. related in origin to and in communion with the Church of England, as various Episcopal churches in other parts of the world.

3. English.

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noun

1. a member of the Church of England or of a church in communion with it.

2. a person who upholds the system or teachings of the Church of England.

Anglican British  

/ ˈæŋɡlɪkən /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to the Anglican communion

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noun

1. a member of the Church of England or one of the Churches in full communion with it

Other Word Forms

• Anglicanly adverb
• anti-Anglican adjective
• non-Anglican adjective
• pro-Anglican adjective

Etymology

Origin of Anglican

First recorded in 1625–35; from Medieval Latin Anglicānus “English”; Anglic, -an

Example Sentences

In 1961 a new college of the University of Cambridge voted to approve the construction of an Anglican chapel.

From The Wall Street Journal

King Charles, as head of state, is the head of the Church of England, but the Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior bishop and the spiritual leader of the Church and worldwide Anglican Communion.

From BBC

Again facing fraud charges, he fled the UK for a remote part of Kenya where not only did he claim to be an Anglican deacon but also a retired cardiac surgeon.

From BBC

There is some opposition not just to a woman leading the Church, but to women becoming priests at all in the wider Anglican Communion, both in the UK and abroad.

From BBC

The report, requested by the Church's financing arm - the Church Commissioners - found that a fund established by Queen Anne in 1704 to help poor Anglican clergy was used to finance "great evil".

From BBC