church of england

1. 1.

   the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head

   SynonymsAnglican ChurchAnglican Communion

   BroaderProtestant denomination

   NarrowerEpiscopal ChurchChurch of Ireland

   church service

Questions about church of england

What does church of england mean?

church of england means "the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head".

What is another word for church of england?

Close synonyms include Anglican Church, Anglican Communion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is church of england a common word?

church of england is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.