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free church
[ free church ]
noun
- (sometimes initial capital letters) a church free from state control. Compare established church.
- (sometimes initial capital letters) a dissenting or nonconforming church.
- (initial capital letters) Also Free Kirk []. (in Scotland) the church established by those who left the Church of Scotland in 1843.
Free Church
noun
- any Protestant Church, esp the Presbyterian, other than the Established Church
- ( as modifier )
Free-Church attitudes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of free church1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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