Anglo-ˈCatholic, a. and n.
[See Anglo-.]
A. adj. Catholic of the Anglican communion, as distinguished from Roman Catholic.
| 1838 C. Seager (title) The Daily Service of the Anglo-Catholic Church, adapted to family or private worship. 1838 C. M. Le Bas in Brit. Crit. XXIV. 83 Both of them appeal to the Homilies and Formularies of the Anglo-Catholic Church. 1838 W. Palmer Treatise on Church of Christ I. p. vi, Many of the ancient errors against which the masters of Anglo-catholic theology contended in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, have been permitted to sink into oblivion. 1841 (title of series of reprints) Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology. 1859 Lit. Ch.-man V. 18 The price of the Anglo-Catholic Library. |
B. n.
1. Hist. An Englishman who, without wishing to sever the English from the Catholic Church, was in favour of its national independence of organization and working.
| 1858 Froude Hist. Eng. III. xvii. §1. 517 The Anglo-catholics did not intend to repeat the blunder of showing a leaning towards the Romanists. |
2. Mod. A member of the Church of England who contends for its ‘catholic’ character, and repudiates the name ‘protestant.’
| 1842 P. Gell Sermon Preached at Visitation of Archdeacon of Derby 33 The Anglo-Catholics consider it essential to be ordained by bishops receiving their appointment in regular succession from the apostles. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley i. 1 One [dish] that a Catholic—ay, even an Anglo-Catholic—might eat on Good Friday. |