/ ˈæŋglɪkən; NAmE / noun
a member of the Church of England or of a Church connected with it in another country
► An·gli·can adjective :
the Anglican Church
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin Anglicanus (its adoption suggested by Anglicana ecclesia the English church in the Magna Carta), from Latin Anglicus , from Angli the people of Angul , a district of Schleswig (now part of northern Germany), so named because of its shape; of Germanic origin, related to Old English angul .