High Church
pertaining to the view or practice in the Anglican church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition, especially in adherence to sacraments, rituals, and obedience to church authority.
Origin of High Church
1Other words from High Church
- High Churchman, noun
- Compare Low Church, Broad Church.
- See also Anglo-Catholic.
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How to use High Church in a sentence
The croupier announces, intoning as does a high-church curate, "There is seven hundred and forty pounds in the bank, gentlemen."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe High Church party were then in the ascendant, and Abbot, from various causes, declined from favour.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperIt is now illegible, and some of its lines appear to have been carefully erased—by some High Church chisel, probably.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieDoes the reader remember that scene in the High Church of Stettin a hundred and fifty years ago?
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleBut, as we have already seen, Anselm was conscientious, and became the champion of the high-church party in the West.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for High Church
the party or movement within the Church of England stressing continuity with Catholic Christendom, the authority of bishops, and the importance of sacraments, rituals, and ceremonies: Compare Broad Church, Low Church
of or relating to this party or movement
Derived forms of High Church
- High-Churchman, noun
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