high churchmanship en · NOUN
Etymology
From high churchman + -ship.
Meanings
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(historical, uncountable) The principles or doctrines of a high churchman; Anglican ritualism, Anglo-Catholicism.
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’.
2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War: