Anglicanism

American  

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

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Anglicanism

First recorded in 1840–50; Anglican + -ism

Example Sentences

"Now we really want nothing to do with the Canterbury structure," he said, "because it's failed to hold together any sense of biblical, historic Anglicanism."

From BBC

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

From Barron's

Speaking from Canterbury Cathedral, she said that "in an age that craves certainty and tribalism, Anglicanism offers something quieter but stronger".

From BBC

When Henry broke with Rome, he held on to the title, but now he was defending the Anglicanism of the Church of England.

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post