单词 | anglican |
释义 | Anglicanadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to the Church of England as constituted by the Reformation or any Church in communion with this; belonging to or characteristic of the Church in England. In the 19th cent.: spec. characterized by or holding moderate High Church opinions, as distinct from those considered either Romanist or Protestant. Frequently in Anglican Church (see church n.1 5a).In early use (in Scottish texts) esp. as distinguished from the Presbyterian Church of Scotland.neo-, Pan-Anglican, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > [adjective] Anglican1598 Anglical1600 episcopal1752 episcopalian1768 Church of Englandist1818 churchy1843 church1853 1598 King James VI & I in D. Calderwood True Hist. Church Scotl. (1844) V. 694 I minde not..to bring in Papisticall or Anglican bishopping; but onlie to have the best and wisest of the ministrie appointed by the General Assemblie. 1600 J. Melvill Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 471 Antichristian and Anglican Episcopall dignities..ar flat repugnant to the Word of God. a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Lang. & Relig. (1614) Pref. sig. ¶¶4 This is manifest out of the confessions themselues, which are these, the Anglicane, the Scotiane, French, [etc.]. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 46 They all concurre in opposition to the Roman Church; as also all they of the Angelican [1650 Anglican], Scotican, Gallic,..and Belgic confessions. 1660 J. Fell Life Hammond in Wks. (1684) I. 12 The sober Principles and old establishment of the Anglicane Church. 1714 ‘Philoclerus’ Speculum Sarisburianum 31 I am certain he may find Popery..in the Project of Union between the Anglican and Gallican Churches. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 95 We say the Jewish or Egyptian Priesthood, the Romish or Anglican Clergy. 1837 J. H. Newman Lect. Prophetical Office Church xi. 326 The Anglican system..takes middle ground between Romanism and mere Protestantism. 1840 W. E. Gladstone Church Princ. 228 Many members of the Papal communion have maintained the validity of Anglican orders. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 91 [To] force the Anglican clergy to become his agents for the destruction of the Anglican doctrine and discipline. 1883 F. E. Warren in Prayer-bk. Comm. (S.P.C.K.) 106 The Invitation, Confession, Absolution, and Comfortable Words are a..distinguishing feature of the present Anglican Liturgy. 1928 M. L. Stockett Baltimore xii. 207 Saint Paul's is the mother church of all the Anglican parishes in Baltimore. 1941 Musical Times Apr. 142/1 Most Anglican organists have to take more services and practices than Free Churchmen. 1966 H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry (1967) ii. 18 In spite of the clerical collar and black silk rabat, he looked more like a football player than an Anglican minister. 2003 Independent 17 Feb. 16/4 The Roman Catholic members..respected him as a bishop speaking out of his own Anglican tradition rather than propounding personal theories. 2. gen. In non-religious contexts: English. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] EnglisheOE Southron1488 Anglican1667 Anglo-Gallic1752 Anglo-Arabian1855 Englishy1861 Anglocentric1886 1667 J. Collop Charity Commended sig. A6 Should the hot zeale of some Iack Straw of Reformation raise a combustion might fire halfe of our Anglican Libraries,..I should number it among my sinnes at the expense of so much water to redeeme them. ?1735 in A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) ii. 147 Thy Father, the most refulgent Star of the Anglican Orb. 1860 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. 15 All who use the Anglican speech. 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. iii. 19 The quite Anglican character of [King] Richard, to his death. 1959 Amer. Lit. 30 449 The sources of future enrichings of the Anglican speech are the same old fountains. B. n. A member of the reformed Church of England; (formerly also) spec. one who holds moderate High Church principles, or who approves of Catholic doctrine and ritual while maintaining the independence of the English Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > [noun] > person Protestant1583 Anglican1710 1710 Let. out of Country Pref. sig. a2 I laugh'd heartily when I read in the Paper last mention'd, that the Rigid Anglicans continu'd their Addresses about Passive Obedience. a1797 E. Burke Let. in Wks. (1812) V. 304 The old persecutors..whether Catholicks, Anglicans, or Calvinists, actually were..strong Dogmatists. 1844 A. W. Pugin Gloss. Eccl. Ornament 75 Copes were among the chief ornaments retained by the Anglicans. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xvi. §4. 361 Secondly there were the Anglicans..content to separate from Rome, but only that they might bear Italian fruit more profusely and luxuriantly when rooted in their own soil. 1882 Church Q. Rev. 15 159 The loyal Anglican's grief. 1957 Amer. Hist. Rev. 62 846 To the Anglicans, Pierce and Hammond, Grotius appeared as prelatist and peacemaker. 1999 Church Times 26 Nov. 4/3 He's the sort of cradle Anglican who was ‘turned off by school chaplains’. Compounds Anglican chant n. Music a form of liturgical chant used (originally in Church of England services) for singing unmetrical texts such as psalms and canticles, and characterized by a short repeating melody for each verse, with the first note extended to accommodate a varying number of syllables; (also) a chant of this kind.For a musicological description of liturgical chants, see the note at chant n. 1. ΚΠ 1846 Christian Remembrancer 12 183 Our remembrance of the primitive Church, and her practices, will forbid any reception of such music as the modern Anglican Chant. 1953 L. Ellinwood Hist. Amer. Church Music x. 77 The program consisted of standard Anglican chant and Handel, with an anthem by Cutler. 2006 Church Times 1 Sept. 6/2 A straw poll among the 120-plus singers from all over London diocese..showed that only about eight of them were used to singing psalms to an Anglican chant. Anglican communion n. the Anglican church; the Anglican church and its affiliated churches collectively; cf. communion n. 4. ΚΠ 1735 Two Conf. John Sharp & W— G— 38 The Parties appeased, the Doctor began to accuse all Mankind, meaning principally the Learned of the Anglican Communion, of Pride of Judgement. 1867 C. Thirlwall Remains III. 450 It would show not only that the Anglican Communion numbered so many Bishops. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 49/2 In the Anglican Communion, St. Andrewstide is widely observed by intercessions for foreign missions. 2006 New Yorker 17 Apr. 57/1 This depends on convincing the worldwide Anglican Communion that the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, or ECUSA, as the national body is called, has already departed from the faith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1598 |
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