Anglicanism

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noun

The beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounAnglicanism (usually uncountable, plural Anglicanisms)

plural Anglicanisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church.

    "What do you want? Nineteenth-century rationalism, Voltairian deism? We're living in a religious age, you know. I suppose Anglicanism might be a solution."

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 448
  2. dateduncountableusuallyAttachment to England or English institutions.

Origin

Translations

Basque anglikanismo
  • anglikanismobeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Bulgarian англиканство
  • англиканство (anglikanstvo)beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Catalan anglicanisme
  • anglicanismebeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Chinese Mandarin 聖公宗 /圣公宗, 聖公會 /圣公会
  • 聖公宗 /圣公宗 (shènggōngzōng)beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
  • 聖公會 /圣公会 (shènggōnghuì)beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Czech anglikánství
  • anglikánstvíbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Danish anglikanisme
  • anglikanismebeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Dutch anglicanisme
  • anglicanismebeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Esperanto anglikanismo
  • anglikanismobeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Finnish anglikaanisuus
  • anglikaanisuusbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
French anglicanisme
  • anglicanismebeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
German Anglikanismus
  • Anglikanismusbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Greek αγγλικανισμός
  • αγγλικανισμός (anglikanismós)beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Hungarian anglikanizmus
  • anglikanizmusbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Indonesian Anglikanisme
  • Anglikanismebeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Irish Anglacánachas
  • Anglacánachasbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Italian anglicanesimo
  • anglicanesimobeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Japanese 聖公会
  • 聖公会 (seikōkai)beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Korean 성공회
  • 성공회 (seonggonghoe)beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Latvian anglikānisms
  • anglikānismsbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Lithuanian anglikonýbė
  • anglikonýbėbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Norwegian anglikanisme
  • anglikanismebeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Polish anglikanizm
  • anglikanizmbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Portuguese anglicanismo
  • anglicanismobeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Romanian anglicanism
  • anglicanismbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Russian англика́нство
  • англика́нство (anglikánstvo)beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Slovak anglikanizmus
  • anglikanizmusbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Spanish anglicanismo
  • anglicanismobeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Swedish anglikanism
  • anglikanismbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Turkish Anglikanizm
  • Anglikanizmbeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Ukrainian англіка́нство
  • англіка́нство (anhlikánstvo)beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Vietnamese Anh giáo
  • Anh giáobeliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Cite this entry
APA

Anglicanism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglicanism

MLA

“Anglicanism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglicanism. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anglicanism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglicanism.

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