| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun
Usage: capitalized A&C
: the doctrines and practices of those in the Anglican Communion who maintain (1) that Catholicity is inherent in a church whose episcopate can trace its line of descent from the apostles and whose faith is agreed by all Catholics to be revealed truth and (2) that any church of the Anglican Communion is such a church, its method of church government and its doctrine remaining unchanged by the Reformation