free churchman
Americannoun
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(sometimes initial capital letters) a member of a free church.
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(initial capital letters) a member of the Free Church of Scotland.
Etymology
Origin of free churchman
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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He was not a local, but a genuinely national American and free churchman.
From Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman by Griffis, William Elliot
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