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Low Church, a. and n.
[app. deduced from Low Churchman (see next) and used attrib. as in Low Church party, and then substantively.]
A. adj. or attrib. phr. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Low Churchmen (see next), their principles or practice.
1710in Select. fr. Harl. Misc. (1793) 566 That occasioned the queen to change the low-church ministry. 1711Swift Examiner No. 43 ⁋4 To exalt the king's supremacy beyond all precedent, was low-church, Whiggish, and Moderate. 1714― Pres. St. Affairs Wks. 1755 II. i. 218 Secure in the affections, the principles and the professions of the low-church party. 1867Trollope Chron. Barset II. lxvii. 250 One lady connected with low-church clergymen..was named as a probable successor.
B. n. [orig. short for Low Church party, Low Church principles.] The party or the principles of Low Churchmen (see next).
1702Charac. Church-Man 15 Having the Imputation of Fanaticism and Low-Church fixt upon them. 1715S. Centlivre Gotham Election Wks. 1760 III. 171 Friendly [dressed like a Frenchman]..If dese plaguey Low-Church get de Day,—dey vill make it Treason for any one to send der Children to France, Begar. 1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 24 The chief ministers of that Queen [Anne], whether distinguished under the titles of Whigs or Tories, of High Church or of Low Church. 1841Shaftesbury in Life ix. (1887) 185 The Low Church, as they are called, will believe and will preach too, that Popery is encouraged and promoted. 1888C. A. Lane Notes Eng. Ch. Hist. II. vi. xxvii. §i. 213 High Church and Low Church agreed in denouncing the heretical bishop [Hoadley].
Hence Low-ˈChurchism, Low-Church principles, doctrine, or practice.
1864F. Oakeley Hist. Notes 60 The various gradations of Dissent and Low-Churchism. |