neo-Catholic

[ ne-oh-kath-uh-lik, -kath-lik ]

/ ˌnɛ oʊˈkæθ ə lɪk, -ˈkæθ lɪk /

of or relating to those Anglicans who avowedly prefer the doctrines, rituals, etc., of the Roman Catholic Church to those of the Anglican communion.

a neo-Catholic person.

Origin of neo-Catholic

First recorded in 1835–45

ne·o-Ca·thol·i·cism

[nee-oh-kuh-thol-uh-siz-uh m] /ˌni oʊ kəˈθɒl əˌsɪz əm/, noun

The adherents of the Neo-Catholic school were and remained closely attached to the old royal family.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. III (of 6) The Reaction in France |Georg Brandes
When the Neo-Catholic authors embark on any subject connected with natural science, they at once become extremely comic.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. III (of 6) The Reaction in France |Georg Brandes
These three dangerous and immoral institutions of the neo-Catholic church are foreign to original Christianity.

Major Prophets of To-Day |Edwin E. Slosson
A dream of this sort, even if less melodramatic than Nietzsche's, has visited the mind of many a neo-Catholic or neo-pagan.

Winds Of Doctrine |George Santayana

The neo-Catholic has translated it thus: An hour later, Litvinof was in his room.

Letters to an Unknown |Prosper Mrime