Church of England

American  

noun

1. the established church in England, Catholic in faith and order, but incorporating many principles of the Protestant Reformation and independent of the papacy.

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Church of England British  

noun

1. the reformed established state Church in England, Catholic in order and basic doctrine, with the Sovereign as its temporal head

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Church of England Cultural  

1. The established church (see also established church) in England. The Church of England is Protestant and is governed by bishops, with the king or queen as its official head. One of the primary results of the Reformation, it was founded in the early sixteenth century when King Henry VIII declared that he, not the pope, was the head of the Christian Church in England. The Church of England is the original church of the Anglican Communion.

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Church of England

At Malmesbury Church of England Primary School in Wiltshire, pupils arrived early to watch the game "as-live" at school so they could "enjoy the game together as a community".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Last month, the Church of England last month said sorry for its role in the forced adoptions.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Not all the birth mothers subjected to forced adoptions went through a Church of England mother and baby home.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Between 1949 and 1976, the Church of England helped run, or was responsible for, about 100 mother and baby homes where women were sent to give birth.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

When they did, they usually left behind their Calvinist denominations and became members of the elite church linked to the state Church of England.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz