high churchman
high churchman is the alternative letter-case form of High Churchman.
Noun capitalized: High Churchman
High Churchman (plural High Churchmen)
- A member of the Church of England who prioritises those aspects of Anglicanism which distinguish it from Calvinism and other Protestant denominations, and which it has in common with Catholicism, especially the authority of the priesthood and the importance of church ritual.
- Nothing riled English high churchmen more than the phrase Protestant church. It seemed to lump them with Germans against miracle or Swiss against Trinity or ranters against decorum.1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 174
- High Churchmen were not beyond praying for the dead; and the stories collected in Boswell's Johnson show that the possibility of ghosts was a reality in the eighteenth century for many educated men […].1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 571
- An Anglican opponent of religious toleration; a Tory.
- The same Noise that is now made against the taking off the Tests, will then be made against a Repeal of Penal Laws. Whoever will consult the various Methods these high Churchmen have used to Cajole and Abuse you, will see cause to conclude, That you cannot run a greater hazard, than to put any...1688, Some Reasons to Move Protestant Dissenters To be for the taking off Penal Laws, yea and Tests too […], page 5
Antonyms of high churchman
Forms of high churchman
| plural | high churchmen |
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| plural | High Churchmen |
| alternative form | high churchman |
| alternative form | high Churchman |
Origin of high churchman
First attested in the 17th century, originally in sense 2, with high meaning “extreme”. Compare High Tory.
Words formed from high churchman
Questions about high churchman
- What does high churchman mean?
- High churchman means a member of the Church of England who prioritises those aspects of Anglicanism which distinguish it from Calvinism and other Protestant denominations, and which it has in common with Catholicism, especially the authority of the priesthood and the importance of church ritual.
- What is high churchman the alternative letter-case form of?
- High churchman is the alternative letter-case form of High Churchman.
- What part of speech is high churchman?
- High churchman is a noun.
- What is the plural of high churchman?
- The plural of high churchman is high churchmen.
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