Broad Church
adjective
pertaining or belonging to a party in the Anglican Church emphasizing a liberal interpretation of ritual.
Broad Churchman
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a word derived from
Broad Church.
Example Sentences
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It may be that the Broad Churchman entertains very much the same p. 202opinions, but then the Unitarian minister has this advantage over the Church clergyman, that he is free.
From The Religious Life of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
That was especially curious because my father, as a strong Broad Churchman and a devoted friend and disciple of Frederick Maurice, was a wholehearted disbeliever in hell and its flames.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by John St. Loe Strachey
Bond is a Broad Churchman, and the report arose only from my recommendation.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
For instance, to a superficial observer, it would hardly seem possible that a Persian and a Mahdist were followers of the same religion, or that a Spaniard and an English Broad Churchman were so.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
Hugh John was obviously going to be a very pronounced Broad Churchman.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
