free church
free church noun: a Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government, and neither defines government policy nor accepts theology, policy, or funding from the state.
Noun
free church (plural free churches)
- A Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government, and neither defines government policy nor accepts theology, policy, or funding from the state.
Forms of free church
| plural | free churches |
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Origin of free church
Popularised in the late 19th century on the model of the Scottish Free Church formed in 1843.
Words formed from free church
Questions about free church
- What does free church mean?
- Free church means a Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government, and neither defines government policy nor accepts theology, policy, or funding from the state.
- What part of speech is free church?
- Free church is a noun.
- What is the plural of free church?
- The plural of free church is free churches.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: free church (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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