Lambeth Conference

noun

a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.

Origin of Lambeth Conference

First recorded in 1865–70

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British Dictionary definitions for lambeth conference

Lambeth Conference

noun

the decennial conference of Anglican bishops, begun in 1867See also Lambeth Quadrilateral

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