"Holy Church" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1861, Nikolaos Bulgaris, A Holy Catechism, page 46",
          "text": "According to the second definition, we all of us believe in one Holy Church from end to end of the world, Apostolic and Catholic, founded not on mere earthen stones, but on the spiritual rock of the orthodox faith of CHRIST.",
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          "ref": "1898, Sebastian Dabovich, The Holy Orthodox Church, page 55",
          "text": "Hear ye, then, what is said in a prayer composed by a sainted father, approved by the Holy Church, and read for all in the name of the Church on earth, […]",
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          "text": "He defines the Church of Christ or the Holy Church as “the multitude which rejoices in holy unity , a unity understood , not as being physically united in some country or province , or in any bodily place , but according to the union of one sign […]”",
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