established church

1. 1.

   the church that is recognized as the official church of a nation

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Questions about established church

What does established church mean?

established church means "the church that is recognized as the official church of a nation".

Is established church a common word?

established church 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.