state church
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of state church
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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After midnight Saturday, the Church of England — the state church, whose supreme governor is the king — sanctioned same-sex couples to be blessed for the first time in its 489-year history.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023
The Church of Scotland, the state church of Scotland, is Presbyterian in heritage and polity.
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023
And a choir practice at a Washington state church was labeled by the CDC as an early “superspreading” event.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2020
Butina insisted at points that Christianity has flourished in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, and the two bantered somewhat incoherently about the value of a state church.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2018
Since, however, there is no way of making every individual an organic part of a believing whole, a real state church is an unqualified impossibility.
From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.
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