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Anglican

  • /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kən/

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Anglicānus, from anglicus (“English, Englishman”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”).

adjective more Anglican · most Anglican

  1. not comparable, usually Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.
  2. archaic, not comparable, usually English.

noun Anglicans

  1. A member of an Anglican Church.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: church, evangelical, england, skh, episcopal, anglicist, churchman, anglo-catholic, episcopalian, high-church, episcopacy, low-church, anglistic, congregational, churchal, ecclesiastical

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adj pertaining to the Church of England and related churches

Españolanglicano
Portuguêsanglicano
Françaisanglican
Deutschanglikanisch
Italianoanglicano
Ελληνικάαγγλικανικός anglikanikós
Românăanglican
Русскийанглика́нский anglikánskij

noun member of an Anglican church

Españolanglicano, anglicana
中文聖公會教徒 /圣公会教徒 Shènggōnghuì jiàotú, 英國國教徒 /英国国教徒 Yīngguó guójiào tú
Portuguêsanglicano, anglicana
Françaisanglican, anglicane
DeutschAnglikaner, Anglikanerin
Italianoanglicano, anglicana
Ελληνικάαγγλικανός anglikanós, αγγλικανή anglikaní
Românăanglican, anglicană
Русскийанглика́нин anglikánin, англика́нка anglikánka, англика́нец anglikánec

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@misc{anglican_2026,
  title = {Anglican},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anglican},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}