noun
any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms: ↑church, ↑Christian church
• Hyponyms:
↑Roman Catholic, ↑Western Church, ↑Roman Catholic Church, ↑Church of Rome, ↑Roman Church, ↑Old Catholic Church, ↑Eastern Church, ↑Byzantine Church, ↑Orthodox Church, ↑Orthodox Catholic Church, ↑Eastern Orthodox Church, ↑Eastern Orthodox, ↑Uniat Church, ↑Uniate Church
• Member Meronyms: ↑Catholic
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