Low Churchn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌləʊ ˈtʃəːtʃ/, U.S.

/ˌloʊ ˈtʃərtʃ/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., church n.¹

Etymology: < low adj. + church n.¹, perhaps after High Church adj. Compare earlier Low Mass n. at low adj. and n.² Compounds 3, and slightly earlier Low Churchman n.

Christian Church.

A. n.

A division or tradition within the Anglican communion which gives relatively little emphasis to ritual, sacraments, and the authority of the clergy; the principles or beliefs of its members or adherents. Cf. earlier High Church n.For further historical information, see note at Low Churchman n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun]

latitudinarianism1676

Low Church1699

Low-Churchisma1787

Hoadlyism1800

evangelicism1807

evangelism1812

Low-Churchmanism1829

evangelicalism1831

peculiarism1835

peculiarity1838

evangelicanism1887

Kensitism1898

1699 J. Hooke Catholicism without Popery i. 3 Church-Men are subdivided into High Church and Low Church.

1702 Char. Low-church-man 15 Having the Imputation of Fanaticism and Low-Church fixt upon them.

1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. iii. 48 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.

1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 24 The chief ministers of that Queen [sc. Anne], whether distinguished under the titles of Whigs or Tories, of High Church or of Low Church.

1841 Ld. Shaftesbury in Life (1887) ix. 185 The Low Church, as they are called, will believe and will preach too, that Popery is encouraged and promoted.

1888 C. A. Lane Notes Eng. Church Hist. II. vi. xxvii. 213 High Church and Low Church agreed in denouncing the heretical bishop [Hoadley].

1959 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 3 269 The high church movement which was a distinctly Oxford-bred, upperclass, minority group. The normal identification for the parish priest was with the low church.

2006 L. King Washington & World 178 The gulf between the High Church and the Low Church [in England] is vast and unbridged.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Low Church, or its followers, principles, or practices; that belongs or adheres to the Low Church. Frequently hyphenated, and with lower-case initials. Cf. earlier High Church adj.From 19th cent. more common than corresponding noun use (see sense A.).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [adjective]

Low Church1702

low1706

Hoadlyan1800

1702 Char. Low-church-man 4/2 One of those pious Doctrines, and Policies the Low-Church Party have learnt of their Dear Friends, and Brethren the Fanaticks.

1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 20 That occasion'd the Queen to change the Low-Church Ministry.

1711 J. Swift Examiner No. 43. ⁋4 To exalt the king's supremacy beyond all precedent, was low-church, Whiggish, and Moderate.

1813 Belfast Monthly Mag. Feb. 156/1 The clergy of the Church of England have long been divided into two classes, of high church and low church principles. The former constitute the majority.

1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lxvii. 250 One lady connected with low-church clergymen..was named as a probable successor.

1893 Argosy May 425 I didn't dare tell Aunt Margaret that, for you know how Low Church she is.

1947 D. Thomas Let. 11 July (1987) 650 It's rolling on croquet lawns in Wilts with Low Church curates called Sidebotham.

1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels vii. 153 This prayer is naturally not the liturgical or rote kind..but is like the ‘free prayer’ that one finds in Protestant groups of the ‘low church’ variety.

2008 Saving Cent. (Victorian Soc.) 24 Christ Church, North Brixton,..is an inventive neo-Byzantine building designed for a Low Church congregation.

Derivatives

Low-ˈChurchism n. (belief in or adherence to) the principles, doctrines, or practices of the Low Church.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun]

latitudinarianism1676

Low Church1699

Low-Churchisma1787

Hoadlyism1800

evangelicism1807

evangelism1812

Low-Churchmanism1829

evangelicalism1831

peculiarism1835

peculiarity1838

evangelicanism1887

Kensitism1898

a1787 F. Blackburne in Wks. (1804) I. 301 I will give it you in the words of a Rev. Dr. by no means to be suspected of low churchism.

1841 Morning Post 5 Apr. All these things conspired to render the partisans of low Churchism..extremely bitter against the Oxford Tracts, their writers, and their supporters.

2008 E. Bridgham Spaces Sacred & Profane 12 Cathedrals..also needed to avoid rebounding into extreme low-churchism and seeming to endorse the evangelical segments of the Church of England.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low church
释义	Low Churchn.adj. Brit. /ˌləʊ ˈtʃəːtʃ/, U.S. /ˌloʊ ˈtʃərtʃ/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., church n.¹ Etymology: < low adj. + church n.¹, perhaps after High Church adj. Compare earlier Low Mass n. at low adj. and n.² Compounds 3, and slightly earlier Low Churchman n. Christian Church. A. n. A division or tradition within the Anglican communion which gives relatively little emphasis to ritual, sacraments, and the authority of the clergy; the principles or beliefs of its members or adherents. Cf. earlier High Church n.For further historical information, see note at Low Churchman n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] latitudinarianism1676 Low Church1699 Low-Churchisma1787 Hoadlyism1800 evangelicism1807 evangelism1812 Low-Churchmanism1829 evangelicalism1831 peculiarism1835 peculiarity1838 evangelicanism1887 Kensitism1898 1699 J. Hooke Catholicism without Popery i. 3 Church-Men are subdivided into High Church and Low Church. 1702 Char. Low-church-man 15 Having the Imputation of Fanaticism and Low-Church fixt upon them. 1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. iii. 48 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. 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 24 The chief ministers of that Queen [sc. Anne], whether distinguished under the titles of Whigs or Tories, of High Church or of Low Church. 1841 Ld. Shaftesbury in Life (1887) ix. 185 The Low Church, as they are called, will believe and will preach too, that Popery is encouraged and promoted. 1888 C. A. Lane Notes Eng. Church Hist. II. vi. xxvii. 213 High Church and Low Church agreed in denouncing the heretical bishop [Hoadley]. 1959 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 3 269 The high church movement which was a distinctly Oxford-bred, upperclass, minority group. The normal identification for the parish priest was with the low church. 2006 L. King Washington & World 178 The gulf between the High Church and the Low Church [in England] is vast and unbridged. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Low Church, or its followers, principles, or practices; that belongs or adheres to the Low Church. Frequently hyphenated, and with lower-case initials. Cf. earlier High Church adj.From 19th cent. more common than corresponding noun use (see sense A.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [adjective] Low Church1702 low1706 Hoadlyan1800 1702 Char. Low-church-man 4/2 One of those pious Doctrines, and Policies the Low-Church Party have learnt of their Dear Friends, and Brethren the Fanaticks. 1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 20 That occasion'd the Queen to change the Low-Church Ministry. 1711 J. Swift Examiner No. 43. ⁋4 To exalt the king's supremacy beyond all precedent, was low-church, Whiggish, and Moderate. 1813 Belfast Monthly Mag. Feb. 156/1 The clergy of the Church of England have long been divided into two classes, of high church and low church principles. The former constitute the majority. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lxvii. 250 One lady connected with low-church clergymen..was named as a probable successor. 1893 Argosy May 425 I didn't dare tell Aunt Margaret that, for you know how Low Church she is. 1947 D. Thomas Let. 11 July (1987) 650 It's rolling on croquet lawns in Wilts with Low Church curates called Sidebotham. 1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels vii. 153 This prayer is naturally not the liturgical or rote kind..but is like the ‘free prayer’ that one finds in Protestant groups of the ‘low church’ variety. 2008 Saving Cent. (Victorian Soc.) 24 Christ Church, North Brixton,..is an inventive neo-Byzantine building designed for a Low Church congregation. Derivatives Low-ˈChurchism n. (belief in or adherence to) the principles, doctrines, or practices of the Low Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] latitudinarianism1676 Low Church1699 Low-Churchisma1787 Hoadlyism1800 evangelicism1807 evangelism1812 Low-Churchmanism1829 evangelicalism1831 peculiarism1835 peculiarity1838 evangelicanism1887 Kensitism1898 a1787 F. Blackburne in Wks. (1804) I. 301 I will give it you in the words of a Rev. Dr. by no means to be suspected of low churchism. 1841 Morning Post 5 Apr. All these things conspired to render the partisans of low Churchism..extremely bitter against the Oxford Tracts, their writers, and their supporters. 2008 E. Bridgham Spaces Sacred & Profane 12 Cathedrals..also needed to avoid rebounding into extreme low-churchism and seeming to endorse the evangelical segments of the Church of England. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1699
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