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state church

state church noun: a church established by or controlled by the government of a country.

Noun

state church (plural state churches)

  1. a church established by or controlled by the government of a country.

Synonyms of state church

Forms of state church

pluralstate churches

Questions about state church

What does state church mean?
State church means a church established by or controlled by the government of a country.
What part of speech is state church?
State church is a noun.
What is the plural of state church?
The plural of state church is state churches.

Words near state church in the dictionary

  1. state bonds
  2. state capitalism
  3. state capitalisms
  4. state capitalist
  5. state capture
  6. state church
  7. state churches
  8. State College
  9. State Department
  10. state diagram
  11. state diagrams

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