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Church of Scotland

British  

noun

  1. the established church in Scotland, Calvinist in doctrine and Presbyterian in constitution

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Church of Scotland was the “only institution,” Mr. Mierowsky writes, “able to mobilize national opposition to incorporation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

“As a boy I attended services in the Church of Scotland every Sunday, and we were made to learn the Bible—especially, as you would expect in a Presbyterian country, the Old Testament.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

In 2017, the pontiff said his church enjoyed a relationship of "true fraternity" with the Church of Scotland.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2025

The Glen Rosa will then be blessed by Rev William Boyle, minister at St Andrew’s Church of Scotland, prior to the official naming.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2024

John Boggs and others, for the Church of Scotland, were the grantees.

From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by Stewart, George

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