Anglo-Catholic

[ ang-gloh-kath-uh-lik, -kath-lik ]

/ ˈæŋ gloʊˈkæθ ə lɪk, -ˈkæθ lɪk /

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noun

an adherent of Anglo-Catholicism.

a member of the Church of England, as distinguished from a Roman Catholic or member of the Greek or Russian Orthodox churches.

adjective

of or relating to Anglo-Catholicism or Anglo-Catholics.

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Origin of Anglo-Catholic

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby Anglo-Catholic

Anglist, Anglistics, Anglo, Anglo-American, Anglo-Australian, Anglo-Catholic, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Celtic, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-French, Anglo-Gallic

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How to use Anglo-Catholic in a sentence

After years at the head of a parochial school classroom, he could no longer distinguish one blond Irish Catholic kid from another.
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The family was English Catholic and Alfred, like his brother and sister, was raised in the faith, educated by Jesuits.
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Hitchcock went to Munich as part of an Anglo-German production team.
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A quarter of a century later, the new head of the Roman Catholic Church claimed that those days had been consigned to history.
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Along with all the others, an Anglo-American controversy (still unresolved today) grew up out of this matter of Omaha.
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The Roman Catholic priesthood, to a man, would lend to it the influence of all its spiritual authority.
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This word takes numerous forms both in M. E. and in Anglo-French.
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Just a few priests ordained in the Roman Catholic Church have joined the schismatic cause.
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I suspect the Anglo-Saxon bearo, a grove or copse, is the word here preserved.
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There were grades of rank among the priesthood; but not more so than in the Roman Catholic Church.
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British Dictionary definitions for Anglo-Catholic

Anglo-Catholic

adjective

of or relating to a group within the Church of England or the Anglican Communion that emphasizes the Catholic elements in its teaching and practice

noun

a member of this group

Derived forms of Anglo-Catholic

Anglo-Catholicism, noun

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