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

Others, however, remain opposed such as the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, Laurent Mbanda.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

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 • Mar. 2, 2026

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 • Oct. 17, 2025

LONDON—Sarah Mullally was named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the Anglican Church, on Friday, making her its first female leader in its nearly 500-year history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Having dallied with the priesthood in the Anglican Church, he abandoned it to become a caseworker.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison