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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America proper noun: a church of Lutherans in the United States of America, tending to be liberal, in contrast with the conservative Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.

Proper noun

the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

  1. A church of Lutherans in the United States of America, tending to be liberal, in contrast with the conservative Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.

Questions about Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

What does Evangelical Lutheran Church in America mean?
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America means a church of Lutherans in the United States of America, tending to be liberal, in contrast with the conservative Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.
What part of speech is Evangelical Lutheran Church in America?
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a proper noun.

Words near Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in the dictionary

  1. evangelic
  2. evangelical
  3. evangelical counsel
  4. evangelical counsels
  5. Evangelical Lutheran
  6. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  7. evangelicalism
  8. evangelicalisms
  9. evangelicality
  10. evangelicalization
  11. evangelicalize

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