Anglican
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the Church of England.
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related in origin to and in communion with the Church of England, as various Episcopal churches in other parts of the world.
noun
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a member of the Church of England or of a church in communion with it.
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a person who upholds the system or teachings of the Church of England.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Anglican
First recorded in 1625–35; from Medieval Latin Anglicānus “English”; see Anglic, -an
Example Sentences
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"Within the Church in Wales, within the Anglican community, and I see friends and colleagues leave the church they love," he added.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Some churches around the Anglican world have long permitted women bishops, with the first appointed in the United States in 1989.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
He has previously insisted the "majority of the Anglican Communion still believes that the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy".
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Some traditionalists in the Church of England and the wider global Anglican Communion, continue to oppose the idea of women being priests at all.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
In 1962, a Haitian Anglican priest named Fritz Lafontant built a primary school for local children.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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