high churchmanship

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From high churchman +‎ -ship.

Noun[edit]

high churchmanship (uncountable)

  1. (now chiefly historical) The principles or doctrines of a high churchman; Anglican ritualism, Anglo-Catholicism. [from 19th c.]
    • 2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War:
      Scenting excessive high churchmanship, Hicks asked the vicar ‘not to put up an Ober-Ammergau crucifix’ (a cross with the dying Christ upon it) and notes approvingly that ‘he most readily assented’.
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