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established church

  1. a church officially recognized by the government and supported as a national institution
  2. the Church of England

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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