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Free church — Free Free (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. {Freer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Freest} ( [e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[ o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Free Church — any of the Protestant religious groups in the UK that are not part of the Church of England. The Free Churches include the Baptists, the Methodists, the United Reformed Church and the Church of Scotland … Dictionary of contemporary English
Free Church — ► NOUN ▪ a Christian Church which has dissented or seceded from an established Church … English terms dictionary
Free-Church — (spr. frĭ tschörtsch, »freie Kirche«), s. Schottische Kirche … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Free church — (engl., spr. frih tschörtsch), s. Freikirche … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Free church — The free church movement was one created to do away with the system of pew rents, wherein persons or families rented or bought the title to a particular church pew. At times they actually built the pews or modified them, at others, they rented… … Wikipedia
free church — 1. (sometimes caps.) a church free from state control. Cf. established church. 2. (sometimes caps.) a dissenting or nonconforming church. 3. (caps.) Also, Free Kirk. (in Scotland) the church established by those who left the Church of Scotland in … Universalium
Free Church — The proper noun Free Church may refer to:*Free Church of Scotland (1843 1900) *Free Church of Scotland (post 1900) *Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)ee also*Nonconformism *Free Presbyterian Church *Free church, for wider information on… … Wikipedia
Free Church of Scotland — • Short introduction and history of the United Free Church. Briefly covers the secession, notes the events leading up to the disruption and deals with the events during the unification Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Free Church of… … Catholic encyclopedia
Free Church Federation — is a voluntary association of British Nonconformist churches for cooperation in religious social work. It was the outcome of a unifying tendency displayed during the latter part of the 19th century. About 1890 the proposal that there should be a… … Wikipedia
