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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANGLO-CATHOLICISM

ANGLO-CATHOLICISM An "glo-Ca *thol "i *cism, n.

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Anglo-Catholicism

An glo-Ca thol i cism |æŋɡləʊkəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm | ▶noun a tradition within the Anglican Church that is close to Catholicism in its doctrine and worship and is broadly identified with High Church Anglicanism. Anglo-Catholicism grew out of the Oxford Movement of the 1830s and 1840s.

Oxford Dictionary

Anglo-Catholicism

Anglo-Catholi ¦cism |aŋɡləʊkəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a tradition within the Anglican Church which is close to Catholicism in its doctrine and worship and is broadly identified with High Church Anglicanism. As a movement, Anglo-Catholicism grew out of the Oxford Movement of the 1830s and 1840s.