established church

English

Noun

established church (plural established churches)

1. A church that is officially recognized as a national or state church by a government; in England it is the Church of England.

Synonyms

• state church

Translations

officially recognized national church

• Danish: statskirke c
• Finnish: valtionkirkko (fi), kansankirkko (fi)
• German: Staatskirche (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: statskirke (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: statskyrkje f

• Romanian: biserică de stat f
• Swedish: statskyrka (sv) c

See also

• state religion