low church

English

Noun

low church (uncountable)

1. (Christianity) A worship style that is modern, nontraditional and informal.
2. That portion or group of the Anglican Church who diminish the importance of the priesthood, sacraments, and ceremonial in worship and often to emphasize evangelical principles.
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     What a sly fox that Curate was! He was low-church, and she never liked him.

Antonyms

• high church