a member of the Church of England or of a Church connected with it in another country 圣公会教徒 CultureIn Britain the Anglican Churches are the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the Church of Ireland. In the US, the Anglican Communion is represented by the Episcopal Church. Many people in Britain call themselves Anglican, even if they never go to church.Topics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originearly 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.