the Church of England

noun phrase

: the official state church in England

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Written anonymously by a bishop of the Church of England, it was presented as a fantasy. Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2024 As British monarch, Charles heads the Church of England, which split from the Catholic Church in 1534. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 The school’s aim was to teach Black students to read and practice Anglicanism, the faith of the Church of England, in Virginia. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025 The Church of Scotland suffers from the same waning membership that has bedeviled its sister congregation, the Church of England. Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012 See All Example Sentences for the Church of England

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