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church tax

church tax noun: a tax collected by the state from members of some religious denominations to provide financial support of churches, such as the salaries of its clergy and to pay the operating cost of the church.

Noun

church tax (plural church taxes)

  1. A tax collected by the state from members of some religious denominations to provide financial support of churches, such as the salaries of its clergy and to pay the operating cost of the church

Forms of church tax

pluralchurch taxes

Questions about church tax

What does church tax mean?
Church tax means a tax collected by the state from members of some religious denominations to provide financial support of churches, such as the salaries of its clergy and to pay the operating cost of the church.
What part of speech is church tax?
Church tax is a noun.
What is the plural of church tax?
The plural of church tax is church taxes.

Words near church tax in the dictionary

  1. Church Slavonic
  2. Church Slavonicism
  3. Church Slavonicisms
  4. church steeples
  5. Church Stretton
  6. church tax
  7. church taxes
  8. church text
  9. church tower
  10. church towers
  11. Church Wilne

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