Church Army


noun
  1. a voluntary Anglican organization founded in 1882 to assist the parish clergy

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How to use Church Army in a sentence

  • This applies especially when a man is in a workhouse, a hospital, a Church Army labour home, and such places.

    Scotland Yard | George Dilnot
  • It was some confusion with a man in the Church Army, living at a place called Codford.

    The Longest Journey | E. M. Forster
  • I could not help remembering the Church Army Lodging-house at home.

    Changing China | William Gascoyne-Cecil
  • They said hundreds were turned away from the Church Army Shelter, where they could chop wood for bed and board.

  • The Church Army has done much during the last years; but it has been the making up of leeway.

    A Padre in France | George A. Birmingham