the Church of England

noun phrase

: the official state church in England

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There’s practically nothing that his Catholic foes, still smarting at the Church of England’s rejection of papal authority, won’t believe about the man who helped engineer the schism so that Henry (Damian Lewis) could divorce his first wife as part of his ongoing quest to beget a male heir. Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025 As sovereign, King Charles is the head of the Church of England, and his meeting with the Pope was highly anticipated in the year of a Papal Jubilee, which occur every 25 years. Janine Henni, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025 As British monarch, Charles heads the Church of England which split from the Catholic Church in 1534. USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025 And for the first time in history, such a synod featured an address by the spiritual leader of the Church of England. Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013 See All Example Sentences for the Church of England

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