Anglo-Catholic

English

Etymology

Anglo- +‎ Catholic

Noun

Anglo-Catholic (plural Anglo-Catholics)

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

Translations

member of the Anglican Church with Catholic traditions

Catalan: anglocatòlic m, anglocatòlica f
French: anglo-catholique (fr) m or f
Irish: Angla-Caitliceach m
Manx: Anglo-Catoleagh m
Portuguese: anglo-católico m
Spanish: anglo-católico m
Welsh: Anglo-Gatholig m or f

Adjective

Anglo-Catholic (comparative more Anglo-Catholic, superlative most Anglo-Catholic)

Pertaining to or characteristic of Anglo-Catholicism.
- 2014, John Whittier-Ferguson, Mortality and Form in Late Modernist Literature, →ISBN, page 216, n. 1:
  Ash-Wednesday is, in Spurr’s authoritative assessment, Eliot’s most Anglo-Catholic poem.

See also

Oxford movement

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