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ALL meanings of western church

west·ern church
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  • noun western church the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West. 1
  • noun western church the part of Christendom that derives its liturgy, discipline, and traditions principally from the patriarchate of Rome, as contrasted with the part that derives these from the other ancient patriarchates, esp that of Constantinople 0
  • noun western church the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes together with the Anglican Communion of Churches 0
  • noun western church the Christian church in much of the western part of the Roman Empire 0
  • noun western church that part of the Catholic Church which recognizes the pope and follows the Latin Rite; the Roman Catholic Church 0
  • noun western church broadly, all the Christian churches of Western Europe and America 0
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