Anglo-Catholic

English

Etymology

From Anglo- +‎ Catholic.

Noun

Anglo-Catholic (plural Anglo-Catholics)

1. A member of the Anglican Church whose practices emphasise continuity with Catholic tradition.

Translations

member of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions

• Catalan: anglocatòlic m, anglocatòlica f
• French: anglo-catholique (fr) m or f
• Irish: Angla-Caitliceach m
• Manx: Anglo-Catoleagh m
• Portuguese: anglo-católico m
• Spanish: anglo-católico m
• Welsh: Anglo-Gatholig m or f

Adjective

Anglo-Catholic (comparative more Anglo-Catholic, superlative most Anglo-Catholic)

1. Pertaining to or characteristic of Anglo-Catholicism.
   • 2014, John Whittier-Ferguson, Mortality and Form in Late Modernist Literature, →ISBN, page 216, n. 1:

     Ash-Wednesday is, in Spurr’s authoritative assessment, Eliot’s most Anglo-Catholic poem.

See also

• Oxford movement