"broad church" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: EN-AU ck1 broad church.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} broad church
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Broad Church Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Broad Church
    Sense id: en-broad_church-en-name-XcrPDD1K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11

Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 broad church.ogg [Australia] Forms: broad churches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} broad church (plural broad churches)
  1. (UK, New Zealand and Australia, politics) A wide scope of political or religious philosophies and ideas. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: big tent [US]
    Sense id: en-broad_church-en-noun-9pzkwB0m Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English Topics: government, politics

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