free church
noun
a church free from state control.
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free church
American
[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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We stand for a free pulpit and a free church.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
You see in it the image of republican institutions—the free school, free state, free church; it reflects the countenance of free men.
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Theodore Parker
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 B. H. Roberts
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 Susan Warner
In a December 2024 letter to Bass, the Rev. Mark Hopper of the Evangelical Free Church expressed similar concerns and asked the mayor to stop the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
She is a member of the Free Church of Scotland.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2023
Ms Forbes, who is a member of the Free Church of Scotland, said: "It is possible to be a person of faith, and to defend others' rights to have no faith or a different faith."
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023
He edited the North British Review from 1850 to 1857, and in 1856, having previously been a Free Church minister, he succeeded Sir William Hamilton as professor of Logic and Metaphysics at Edinburgh University.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
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