Anglo-Catholicism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anglo-Catholicism \An"glo-Ca*thol"i*cism\, n.
     The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many
     doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the
     primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider
     the Church of England to be the lineal descendant; a doctrine
     and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the


     Catholic tradition.
  
     Syn: High Anglicanism
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Anglo-Catholicism
       n : a doctrine and practice within the Church of England
           emphasizing the Catholic tradition [syn: {High
           Anglicanism}]