church militant

church militant ExamplesWord Origin noun Theology.

1. those Christians on earth who are engaged in a continuous war against evil and the enemies of Christ.

Compare church triumphant. Origin of church militant First recorded in 1530–40 Examples from the Web for church militant Historical Examples of church militant

This mortar, probably they thought, threw the shell straighter than any of the other field-pieces of the church-militant.

Robert Falconer

George MacDonald