Church Army

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

After studying theology at London's Church Army College, he worked as a lay training adviser to the Anglican Bishop of Bristol.

From Time Magazine Archive

The last week of his work was marked by a midnight Church Army procession, which, with brass band and torches, perambulated the most squalid quarters of Westminster and Pimlico.

From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Bell, Ernest A. (Ernest Albert)

I regret that I am unable to contribute to the funds of the Church Army.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard

“Evangelistic zeal with Church order” is the principle of the Church Army, and it is essentially a working men’s and women’s mission to working people.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

The Church Army put up a small hut, but sent no worker to look after it; and even that hut was not opened till the early summer of 1916.

From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.