Definition of Anglicanism

1. Noun. The faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church.

Generic synonyms: Protestantism
Specialized synonyms: Anglo-catholicism, High Anglicanism

Definition of Anglicanism

1. n. Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.

Definition of Anglicanism

1. Noun. The beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church ¹

2. Noun. (dated) Attachment to England or English institutions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anglicanism

Angles
Anglesea
Anglesea Island
Anglesey
Anglesey Island
Anglezarke
Anglia
Anglian
Anglians
Anglic
Anglican
Anglican Catholic
Anglican Church
Anglican Communion
Anglican Community
Anglicanism
Anglicanisms
Anglicans
Anglicisation
Anglicism
Anglicisms
Anglicist
Anglicists
Anglicity
Anglified
Anglifies
Anglify
Anglifying
Anglo-
Anglo-American

Literary usage of Anglicanism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1916)
"anglicanism anglicanism is the name frequently applied to that form of ... The Methodist churches are comparatively late off-shoots of anglicanism. ..."

2. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"ROMANISM, anglicanism, AND EVANGELICALISM LOGICALLY IDENTICAL. FEW modern religious " movements " are more bewildering to a thoughtful observer than the ..."

3. The Christian Democracy: A History of Its Suppression and Revival by John McDowell Leavitt (1896)
"Indeed, anglicanism, as a secession, can only justify its existence by its ... By the necessities of its life anglicanism is forced to present itself ..."

4. Characteristics from the Writings of John Henry Newman: Being Selections by John Henry Newman, William Samuel Lilly (1875)
"THE idea of worship is different in the Catholic Church from the idea of it in [anglicanism]; for, in truth, the religions are different . ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... 1770, admitted a nuncio, but the ecclesiastical system of Portugal remained henceforth a sort of disguised anglicanism, and many of the evils from which ..."

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