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national church

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noun

an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.

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Nearby words

national bank, national book award, national bureau of standards, national cemetery, national charter, national church, national city, national code, national conference of christians and jews, national convention, national country party

Compare established church.

Origin of national church

First recorded in 1645–55

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for national church

There was no authority here for the national-church theory nor for the sectarian church idea.
The Last Reformation|F. G. [Frederick George] Smith