anglican church

Noun
  1. The national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs);
    Has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head (synset 108104947)
    referred to in: church, church service - a service conducted in a house of worship
    associated with:
    • evening prayer, evensong - (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
    • archdeacon - (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
    • bishop - a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
    • sidesman - (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
    • vicar - (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
    • circumcision, feast of the circumcision, january 1 - (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
    is a type of: protestant denomination - group of Protestant congregations
    subtypes:
    member holonym:
    • anglican catholic - a member of the Anglican Church who emphasizes its Catholic character
    • anglican - a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism
    same as: anglican communion, church of england

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