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Church militant

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See under Militant.
the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven.

See also: Church Militant



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This was done with the idea of complimenting him, but the doctor had held himself aloof from all the learned bodies--belonging, as he did, to the church militant and not to the church polemical.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
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