Anglo-Catholic

noun

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

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Meanings

Anglo-Catholic1

nounAnglo-Catholic (plural Anglo-Catholics)

plural Anglo-Catholics

  1. A member of the Anglican Church whose practices emphasise continuity with Catholic tradition.
adjectiveAnglo-Catholic (comparative more Anglo-Catholic, superlative most Anglo-Catholic)

comparative more Anglo-Catholic · superlative most Anglo-Catholic

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of Anglo-Catholicism.

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

    2014, John Whittier-Ferguson, Mortality and Form in Late Modernist Literature, →ISBN, page 216, n. 1

Anglo-catholic2

nounAnglo-catholic (plural Anglo-catholics)

plural Anglo-catholics

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Anglo-Catholic.

    That’s why self-consciously Anglo-catholic churches which are a mile high up the paschal candle can do reasonably well in the current climate.

    2016 May 2, Kelvin Holdsworth, “The Seven Actual Marks of Mission”, in Thurible.net

Origin

From Anglo- + Catholic.

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Translations

Catalan anglocatòlic, anglocatòlica
  • anglocatòlicmember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
  • anglocatòlicamember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
French anglo-catholique
  • anglo-catholiquemember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
Irish Angla-Caitliceach
  • Angla-Caitliceachmember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
Polish anglokatolik, anglokatoliczka
  • anglokatolikmember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
  • anglokatoliczkamember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
  • anglokatolickipertaining to Anglo-Catholicism
Portuguese anglo-católico
  • anglo-católicomember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
Spanish anglo-católico
  • anglo-católicomember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
Turkish Anglokatolik
  • Anglokatolikmember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
Welsh Anglo-Gatholig
  • Anglo-Gatholigmember of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions
Cite this entry
APA

Anglo-Catholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglo-Catholic

MLA

“Anglo-Catholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglo-Catholic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anglo-Catholic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglo-Catholic.

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