anglo-catholic
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.74 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of the Anglican Church whose practices emphasise continuity with Catholic tradition.
adj
Pertaining to or characteristic of Anglo-Catholicism.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglo-Catholic.
Example Sentences
- "Ash-Wednesday is, in Spurr’s authoritative assessment, Eliot’s most Anglo-Catholic poem."
- "That’s why self-consciously Anglo-catholic churches which are a mile high up the paschal candle can do reasonably well in the current climate."