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
The Founders were against the “establishment of religion,” by which they meant the kind of constitutional order that existed — and still exists — in Britain, where the Anglican Church is the state church.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 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
Butina insisted at points that Christianity has flourished in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, and the two bantered somewhat incoherently about the value of a state church.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2018
At this date we have the Lutheran reformation, when the power of Catholicism as a universal state church was broken.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert
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