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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Example Sentences

Official figures from the Catholic Church of England and Wales and the Church of England show long-term declines in attendance.

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Earlier, the Church of England said Conway had been suspended from ministry while a "safeguarding complaint" was being investigated, and had been passed to the "relevant authorities".

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Before her installation Dame Sarah will also "pay homage" to the King, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, though she has already met with him in recent days.

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Last year, the Church of England said that its investigations found there was "no case to answer" with regard to allegations of misconduct in Chelmsford.

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The Church of England will take no further action in relation to a complaint about the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury's handling of an abuse case.

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