free church








noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letters) a church free from state control.Compare established church.
  2. (sometimes initial capital letters) a dissenting or nonconforming church.
  3. (initial capital letters) Also Free Kirk. (in Scotland) the church established by those who left the Church of Scotland in 1843.

noun

  1. mainly British
    1. any Protestant Church, esp the Presbyterian, other than the Established Church
    2. (as modifier)Free-Church attitudes
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