Anglicanism

English

The Flag of the Anglican Communion is a symbol of Anglicanism worldwide.

Etymology

Etymology tree
English Anglican
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der.
English -ism
English Anglicanism

    From Anglican + -ism.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    Anglicanism (usually uncountable, plural Anglicanisms)

    1. The beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church.
      Hypernyms: Protestantism < Christianity < religion
      Hyponyms: Church-of-Englandism, Episcopalianism
      • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 448:
        "What do you want? Nineteenth-century rationalism, Voltairian deism? We're living in a religious age, you know. I suppose Anglicanism might be a solution."
    2. (dated) Attachment to England or English institutions.

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