Western Church

American  

noun

1. the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.

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Western Church British  

noun

1. the part of Christendom that derives its liturgy, discipline, and traditions principally from the patriarchate of Rome, as contrasted with the part that derives these from the other ancient patriarchates, esp that of Constantinople

2. the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes together with the Anglican Communion of Churches

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Etymology

Origin of Western Church

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

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Western Church

The Western Church I believe is silent on the matter.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

A portion of bishops still push back against the notion that abuse is a global problem, saying it is instead contained within the Western Church.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2019

Its split with the Western Church came when it accepted the doctrine of the dual nature of Christ propounded by Nestorius, a Fifth-Century Patriarch of Constantinople.

From Time Magazine Archive

In A Pair of Blue Eyes Stephen Smith is a professional architect, and in coming to restore the old Western Church he was simply repeating the experience of his creator.

From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon

In the Orthodox Church of the East and the various communions springing from it, the potestas ordinis of the bishop is the same as in the Western Church.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various