Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Church of England and the churches in other nations that are in complete agreement with it as to doctrine and discipline and are in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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- proper noun Any of the churches worldwide that are in
communion with theChurch of England , have the samedoctrine , and have the Archbishop of Canterbury as supreme head. - proper noun A church that practises
Anglicanism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head
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Examples
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Norris firmly believed that schism from the Anglican Church was a sin, and believed the Toleration Act merely removed the earthly punishment.
Motherly Advice Trace Sheridan 2009
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One of the issues that Protestants had with the Catholic Church and later with the Anglican Church was the church hierarchy.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Reformation, 21st Century Edition 2009
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I would like a review of the Anglican courts as well, but because the Anglican Church is the established church, it is a slightly different issue - it doesn't provide a template for Shariah.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The American branch fo the Anglican Church is the Episcopalians.
Another radical atheist comes out in favor of evolution. - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The Anglican Church was the state religion and, as 8opus points out, continues to be to this day.
What will happen to City College Hillel president? | Jewschool 2004
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Members of the Forestdale congregation, called the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd, expressed similar sentiments.
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The surplice and stole of the priest of the Anglican Church is a more close copy of this ancient costume than any now worn in the Roman church.
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But although anybody may serve God after his own fashion, their true religion, the one in which fortunes are made, is the Episcopal sect, called the Anglican Church, or, simply and pre-eminently, the Church.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909
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His way took him through Heavitree (when Hooker saw the light here, how easy to believe that the Anglican Church was the noblest outcome of human progress!) and on and on, until by a lane with red banks of sandstone, thick with ferns, shadowed with noble boughs, he came to a hamlet which had always been one of his favourite resorts, so peacefully it lay amid the exquisite rural landscape.
Born in Exile George Gissing 1880
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In one respect, indeed, sacerdotalism in the Anglican Church is a worse thing than in the Roman Church, for it is undisciplined and unregulated.
The Map of Life Conduct and Character William Edward Hartpole Lecky 1870
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