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

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 the Western Church the Gloria Patri is repeated at the close of every psalm, in the Eastern Church at the close of the last psalm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

Ash-Wednesday, the first day of Lent, so called from a custom in the Western Church of sprinkling ashes that day on the heads of penitents, then admitted to penance.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various