Anglican Church

American  

noun

1. the Church of England and those churches that are in communion with it and each other and that share essentially its doctrines and order, as the Church of Ireland, the Episcopal Church of Scotland, the Church of Wales, and the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.

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Anglican Church British  

noun

1. any Church of the Anglican Communion or the Anglican Communion itself

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Example Sentences

Clergy from a conservative grouping of the Anglican Church are meeting this week in Nigeria's capital Abuja to choose a rival to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury.

From BBC

But in some of the countries where the Anglican Church claims a large and growing membership there are very different views.

From BBC

Yet away from the mainstream, Ceirion Dewar, who is a bishop in the small, more conservative, traditionalist Confessing Anglican Church, insists he will not be "lectured to" by these clergy.

From BBC

The split fuelled centuries of conflict, but in modern times relations between the Catholic Church and the Church of England, often referred to as the Anglican Church, have been amicable.

From Barron's

Appeared in the October 4, 2025, print edition as 'Anglican Church Appoints First Female Leader'.

From The Wall Street Journal