established church

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es·tab·lished church (

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A church that a government officially recognizes as a national institution and to which it accords support.

Established Church

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a Church that is officially recognized as a national institution, esp the Church of England

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established church - the church that is recognized as the official church of a nation

organized religion, religion, faith - an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"

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Established Church

n → Staatskirche f

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Act of Uniformity
antidisestablishmentarianism
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liberationism

THE incomprehensible submission of Scotchmen to the ecclesiastical tyranny of their Established Church has produced--not unnaturally, as I think--a very mistaken impression of the national character in the popular mind.

Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context

And it is again felony (by yet another law) for a Presbyterian minister and a Non-conformist minister to celebrate a marriage which may be lawfully celebrated by a clergyman of the Established Church.

Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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