Anglo-Catholic

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

noun

1. an adherent of Anglo-Catholicism.
2. a member of the Church of England, as distinguished from a Roman Catholic or member of the Greek or Russian Orthodox churches.

adjective

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

Anglo-Catholic

adjective

1. 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

1. a member of this group

Derived Forms

• ˌAnglo-Caˈtholiˌcism, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo-Catholic¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Leaders at St. Mary, an Episcopal church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, are in the early stages of studying the idea.

From Los Angeles Times

The site on which the Hardy Tree grew is one of the oldest places of Christian worship in London, and Roman tile can be found in the exposed medieval wall of the Anglo-Catholic church that was rebuilt there, according to Father Elston.

From New York Times

Concurrent with epistolary dalliance, Eliot was discovering himself to be “a classicist in literature, royalist in politics, and Anglo-Catholic in religion.”

From Washington Post

Raised Lutheran, he was unprepared for what he found as a first-year undergraduate at Yale in 2009 when he attended an Anglo-Catholic parish.

From New York Times

In Anglo-Catholic parishes - incense and bells.

From New York Times