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Holy Church

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Etymology

From Middle English Holy Chirche, holi chirche, hali chirche, haly kirk, equivalent to holy + church.

  1. inherited from Holy Chirche

Definitions

  1. The Christian Church.

    • According to the second definition, we all of us believe in one Holy Church from end to end of the world, Apostolic and Catholic, founded not on mere earthen stones, but on the spiritual rock of the orthodox faith of CHRIST.
    • Hear ye, then, what is said in a prayer composed by a sainted father, approved by the Holy Church, and read for all in the name of the Church on earth, […]

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