state church
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of state church
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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After midnight Saturday, the Church of England — the state church, whose supreme governor is the king — sanctioned same-sex couples to be blessed for the first time in its 489-year history.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023
But church-state relations are very different in England, where the population is much more secular and the Church of England is the official state church, whereas the U.S.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2022
And a choir practice at a Washington state church was labeled by the CDC as an early “superspreading” event.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2020
That contributes to the wild marketplace of religion in America, where the lack of a state church has forced every faith group to scrap for adherents on its own merits.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2015
Since, however, there is no way of making every individual an organic part of a believing whole, a real state church is an unqualified impossibility.
From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.
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