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Webster 1913 Edition


Anglican

An′gli-can

,
Adj.
[
Angli
the Angles, a Germanic tribe in Lower Germany. Cf.
English
.]
1.
English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England;
as, the
Anglican
church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.
2.
Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.

An′gli-can

,
Noun.
1.
A member of the Church of England.
Whether Catholics,
Anglicans
, or Calvinists.
Burke.
2.
In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.