state church

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noun

established church.

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Origin of state church

First recorded in 1720–30

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Examples from the Web for state church

According to this principle of the State-church, all the schools were State-schools.
Public School Education|Michael Mller
Resolutions in favour of the State-Church were discussed in the form of petitions to be presented to the Crown.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878|C. A. Fyffe