low church

alternative Low Church · alternative low-church

1. uncountableAnglicanismA tradition within the Anglican church more heavily influenced by Protestant and Reformed belief and practice, characterised by an informal style of worship, a less elevated view of the priesthood and sacraments, and a focus on evangelical principles.
2. broadlyuncountableAny similar Christian tradition.

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1. Characteristic of or pertaining to such a tradition.

   Dr. Newman and Dr. Manning began with very Low Church principles.

   1858 July, “Where Do Defections to Rome Come from?”, in The American Quarterly Church Review, and Ecclesiastical Register, volume 11, number 2, page 366

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

   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

   The most high-church worship may be vivid and engaging, while the most low-church or contemporary worship service might be dull and uninspired.

   2009, Clayton J. Schmitt, Sent and Gathered: A Worship Manual for the Missional Church, →ISBN, page 13

1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of low church.

comparative more Low Church · superlative most Low Church

1. Alternative letter-case form of low church.