Noun
state church (plural state churches)
a church established by or controlled by the government of a country.
Although Catholics possessed legal equality, they resented their subordination to a government that was fundamentally Protestant in spirit and membership after having been the state church for centuries in the south. Source: Internet
Anabaptists were persecuted largely because of their interpretation of scripture that put them at odds with official state church interpretations and government. Source: Internet
Another modern proponent of the institutionalisation of Confucianism in a state church is Jiang Qing. Source: Internet
As the Church of Norway is the state church, its clergy are state employees, and the central and regional church administrations are part of the state administration. Source: Internet
Bliss Isely, The Presidents: Men of Faith (2006) pp. 99–107, quote on p. 105 Monroe was raised in a family that belonged to the Church of England when it was the state church in Virginia before the Revolution. Source: Internet
In spite of his service to (and in his artwork the glorification of) the government, he was hardly a great supporter of the monarchy or of the state church. Source: Internet