ANGLICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anglican mean? 

• ANGLICAN (noun)
  The noun ANGLICAN has 1 sense:

1. a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism

  Familiarity information: ANGLICAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ANGLICAN (adjective)
  The adjective ANGLICAN has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church

  Familiarity information: ANGLICAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGLICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Anglican" is a kind of...):

Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)

Holonyms ("Anglican" is a member of...):

Anglican Church; Anglican Communion; Church of England (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)

Antonym:

Nonconformist (a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England)

Derivation:

Anglican (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church)

• ANGLICAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

an Anglican bishop

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Pertainym:

Anglican Church (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)

Derivation:

Anglican (a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism)

 Context examples 

A courtesy title for a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry.

(Bishop, NCI Thesaurus)