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Church Army

British  

noun

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

"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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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 workhouse, the prison, the Church Army and the Salvation Army's shelters and labour homes must no longer form the circle round which so many hopelessly wander.

From London's Underworld by Holmes, Thomas

Ultimately he was found in a Church Army Home.

From Regeneration by Haggard, Henry Rider

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

From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.

A German shell which passed through a Church Army Hut was found to have been stamped with the initials "C.A." in its passage through the building.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 by Various

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