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English Dictionary: Anglican by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Anglican
adj
  1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church; "an Anglican bishop"
n
  1. a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism [ant: Nonconformist, chapelgoer]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anglican \An"gli*can\, a. [Angli the Angles, a Germanic tribe in
      Lower Germany. Cf. {English}.]
      1. English; of or pertaining to England or the English
            nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the
            established church of England; as, the Anglican church,
            doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.
  
      2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high
            church party of the Church of England.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anglican \An"gli*can\, n.
      1. A member of the Church of England.
  
                     Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      2. In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party,
            or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church
            of England.
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