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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The faith, doctrine, system, and practice of the Anglican Church.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The principles of the Anglican Church or of Anglicans.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
  • noun The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.
  • noun Attachment to England or English institutions.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
  • noun dated Attachment to England or English institutions.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church

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Anglican +‎ -ism

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