church visible
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of church visible
First recorded in 1555–65
Example Sentences
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Analysts did this by conducting a reverse image search a church visible in the background of the video, which matched to penal colony number six.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2022
They want to make the church visible, so they wear clerical collars or other religious garb, like the albs, or white robes, that lay Christians may wear.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2011
The origin of this custom must be sought in the ancient practice of typifying the church visible by a virgin or bride.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Now there is no church visible but that which is particular; the universal being utterly invisible, and known to none but God.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
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