a. and sb. [See ANGLO-.]
A. adj. Catholic of the Anglican communion, as distinguished from Roman Catholic.
1841. (title of series of reprints) Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology.
1859. Lit. Ch.-man, V. 18. The price of the Anglo-Catholic Library.
B. sb.
1. Hist. An Englishman who, without wishing to sever the English from the Catholic Church, was in favor of its national independence of organization and working.
1858. Froude, Hist. Eng., III. xvii. § 1. 517. The Anglo-catholics did not intend to repeat the blunder of showing a leaning towards the Romanists.
2. Modern. A member of the Church of England who contends for its ‘catholic’ character, and repudiates the name ‘protestant.’
1849. C. Brontë, Shirley, i. 1. One [dish] that a Catholic—ay, even an Anglo-Catholic—might eat on Good Friday.
