"state church" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: state churches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} state church (plural state churches)
  1. a church established by or controlled by the government of a country. Categories (topical): Christianity, Theocracy Synonyms: established church Related terms: state religion, caesaropapism, theocracy Translations (church run by the state): statskirke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), statskyrkje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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