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Anglican Church

Anglican Church

4 4.1
A Christian church that began in England with the British king or queen as its head
  • proper noun
translation icon : Iglesia Anglicana
  • But in England you have a state church, the Anglican Church, the Church of England, right?
  • the Anglican Church of Canada
  • disestablish the Anglican Church

And so he starts out with that and then eventually he becomes a, a Christian and he joins the Anglican Church, Church of England.

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Examples

  • This Sunday, St. Luke's Anglican Church presents "Esther's Story," a puppet show for all ages.

    Pontypool (2009)

  • Canadian responses to TNMC were received from the United Church of Canada and a bilateral response from the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The Body of Christ is much bigger than the Anglican Church.

    Blog text (24)

  • So tensions arise within the Anglican Church over this.

  • If the Anglican Church is to maintain its influence, it must reach its communicants regularly.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The Anglican Church still celebrates these cross-quarter days with special services.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Our Christian family is HopePointe Anglican Church of The Woodlands, Texas.

    Blog text (3)

  • I am an ordained minister in the Anglican Church and still have issues with infant baptisms.

    Blog text (30)

  • The following sermon was preached at St. Matthew's Anglican Church in Riverdale on Sunday, August 19th, 2012.

    Blog text (7)

  • In England, the Anglican Church is recognized as the national church, and it plays a significant role in the country's religious landscape.

Synonyms

Church of England
vsAnglican Church
11 3.7

The national Christian church in England led by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the British monarch as its head

stresses its main seat in Canterbury rather than a single leader

Surface Forms

Anglican Church main

Morphology

Anglican + church

The meaning is directly composed from 'Anglican' (relating to Anglicanism) + 'church' (a Christian body), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a church belonging to or following Anglican doctrine. This modifier + noun composition is transparent and cross-linguistically common, even if it refers to a specific institution (the Church of England).

Etymology

Anglican Church: The name Anglican Church comes from a Latin word that means 'English', so it originally meant the church of the English people. It grew when England made its own national church and broke away from the pope, so today it refers to the Church of England and related churches with the British monarch as their head.