anglo-catholicism

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The principles of the Anglican Church regarded as catholic; the principles of Anglo-Catholics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant; a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition.

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• noun a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition