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Anglican

/ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kən/

Anglican adjective: relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.

Adjective

Anglican (not generally comparable, comparative more Anglican, superlative most Anglican)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.
  2. (archaic, not comparable, usually) English.

Noun

Anglican (plural Anglicans)

  1. A member of an Anglican Church.

Anglican meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Malay

Anglican in Tamil

ஆங்கிலிக்கன் திருச்சபையைச் சார்ந்தவர், ஆங்கிலிக்கன்

Anglican in Malayalam

ആംഗ്ലേയമായ, ആംഗലമായ, ആംഗ്ലേയസഭയിൽ ചേർന്ന

Anglican in Malay

pertaining to the Church of England and related churches
Anglikan

Forms of Anglican

Adjective
comparativemore Anglican
superlativemost Anglican
Noun
pluralAnglicans

Origin of Anglican

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Anglicānus, from anglicus (“English, Englishman”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”).

Words formed from Anglican

Questions about Anglican

What does Anglican mean?
Anglican means relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.
What is Anglican in Tamil?
Anglican in Tamil is ஆங்கிலிக்கன் திருச்சபையைச் சார்ந்தவர், ஆங்கிலிக்கன். See Anglican meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Anglican?
Anglican can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Anglican?
Anglican is pronounced /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kən/.

Words near Anglican in the dictionary

  1. Anglia
  2. Anglian
  3. Anglians
  4. Anglic
  5. Anglical
  6. Anglican
  7. Anglican chant
  8. Anglican Church
  9. Anglican Communion
  10. Anglican Community
  11. Anglicanise

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Anglican (page history and authors); anglican (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Anglican (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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