state church

English

Noun

state church (plural state churches)

1. a church established by or controlled by the government of a country.

Synonyms

• established church

Related terms

• state religion

Translations

church run by the state

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: statskirke (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: statskyrkje f

See also

• caesaropapism
• theocracy

References

• “state church”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Category:State churches (Christian) on Wikipedia.