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federated church

noun

  1. a church whose membership includes two or more congregations of different denominational affiliation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of federated church1

First recorded in 1925–30

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Example Sentences

The other—the federated church—is favored by the people in the churches and opposed by many of the officials.

On the other hand, the members of a local community are usually ready to form a federated church when they understand it.

Particularly will this be true when a minister of their own denomination is to be made pastor of the federated church.

That led to the decision to form a federated church under the leadership of one pastor.

This opinion was expressed after an experience of sixteen years of the federated church.

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