free church
noun
a church free from state control.
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[free church]
/ ˈfri ˈtʃɜrtʃ /
noun
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(sometimes initial capital letters) a church free from state control.
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(sometimes initial capital letters) a dissenting or nonconforming church.
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(initial capital letters) Also Free Kirk (in Scotland) the church established by those who left the Church of Scotland in 1843.
Free Church
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of free church
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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A 1967 graduate of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, York has been backed by a number of local churches in operating a "free church" that ministers to Berke ley hippies.
From Time Magazine Archive
We stand for a free pulpit and a free church.
From Time Magazine Archive
It guarantees religious liberty, hence a free church, as well as a free state, each independent of and separate from the other.
From Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse by Roberts, B. H.
Cavour had his heart set on gaining Rome for the capital of the kingdom, and on establishing "a free church in a free state."
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
I was thinking, wouldn't a chapel—that is, a little church—a little free church, at Meadow Park be a good thing?
From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan
Rev Firth, who was a priest at St Cuthbert's church in Darlington, left the Church of England in 2020, and is now a vicar for the Free Church of England.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
Many were friends from Siasi Tonga Tau’ataina, the Free Church of Tonga, Tuipulotu’s family being long-time members of the branches in Compton and Inglewood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
A member of the Free Church of Scotland, she has spoken of experiencing a backlash against her religious views.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2023
Elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2016, Ms. Forbes is a fluent Gaelic speaker and a member of the Free Church of Scotland, an evangelical Presbyterian denomination.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
In 1862 he was moderator of the Free Church General Assembly; but he seldom took a prominent part in the business of the church courts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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