Western Church

American  

noun

1. the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.

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Western Church British  

noun

1. the part of Christendom that derives its liturgy, discipline, and traditions principally from the patriarchate of Rome, as contrasted with the part that derives these from the other ancient patriarchates, esp that of Constantinople

2. the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes together with the Anglican Communion of Churches

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Etymology

Origin of Western Church

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

The Western Church I believe is silent on the matter.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

A portion of bishops still push back against the notion that abuse is a global problem, saying it is instead contained within the Western Church.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019

Its split with the Western Church came when it accepted the doctrine of the dual nature of Christ propounded by Nestorius, a Fifth-Century Patriarch of Constantinople.

From Time Magazine Archive

The observance of the Ember days is confined to the Western Church, and had its origin as an ecclesiastical ordinance in Rome.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Tradū′cian, one who believes in traducianism; Tradū′cianism, the belief, long prevalent in the Western Church, that children receive soul as well as body from their parents through natural generation—every soul being a fresh creation—also Generationism.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various