state church

noun

established church.

Origin of state church

First recorded in 1720–30

Words nearby state church

state attorney, state bank, state bird, state capitalism, state chamber, state church, state college, state coordinate system, state department, state duma, state enrolled nurse

Example sentences from the Web for state church

  • According to this principle of the State-church, all the schools were State-schools.

    Public School Education |Michael Mller

  • Resolutions in favour of the State-Church were discussed in the form of petitions to be presented to the Crown.

    History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 |C. A. Fyffe