union church
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of union church
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Whatever national loyalty a man feels is indirect, the product of satisfaction with his job, family, friends, union, church, country.
From Time Magazine Archive
The union church would have 2,600,000 communicants and as many more adherents, principally north of the Mason and Dixon line.
From Time Magazine Archive
The one church in the town was a "union church," and it was occupied by Sanders and a preacher of another sect on alternate Sundays.
From California Sketches, Second Series by Fitzgerald, O. P.
At Savannah he preached in the union church of the Reformed Pastor Zuebli, and in the Lutheran church at Savannah he enjoyed the sermon of a Methodist pastor.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
She formed a union church, sang in the choir, and sometimes played the organ.
From The Gentleman from Everywhere by Foss, James Henry
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