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# anglican

«anglican» in Mova's school dictionary: **Anglican describes the Church of England and the churches…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Anglican); noun (an Anglican, Anglicans)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) Anglican describes the Church of England and the churches around the world that grew from it, such as the Church of Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Church in the USA, and the Anglican Church of Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/#m1)

2) An Anglican is a member of one of these churches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

The Anglican Communion is a worldwide family of churches led spiritually by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Anglican churches have bishops and priests (men and, in many places, women), use the Book of Common Prayer and hymns, and are both Catholic and Protestant in style. In England, the local parish church is usually Anglican. Phrases: the Anglican Church, an Anglican vicar, Anglican cathedral.

### examples

- Our village church is Anglican, and the vicar is called Reverend Sarah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/#x1)
- The Archbishop of Canterbury leads the Anglican Communion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/#x2)
- Anglicans sing hymns and say prayers from a prayer book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/#x3)
- My Aussie cousins go to the Anglican church in Sydney. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/#x4)
- Westminster Abbey hosts Anglican services. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/#x5)
- In America, Anglicans are called Episcopalians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/#x6)

### note

Capital A. Comes from Latin "Anglia" (England). "Church of England" is the English branch; Anglicanism is the whole tradition. Not the same as Catholic, though services may look similar.

### In the corpora

- [Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches baptise babies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/10/)
- [A vicar or rector leads a Church of England parish; priests serve in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/13/)
- [Protestant churches stress the Bible, faith and grace, and include Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/13/)
- [The Church of England is the established church of England and part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/15/)
- [The Episcopal Church is the Anglican church in the USA; episcopal means led by bishops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «anglican» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglican/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.