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High Church

adjective
 
 

Definition

related to the part of the Church of England that is closest to the Roman Catholic Church and contains a lot of ceremonies → Compare Low ChurchChristian denominationsThe Roman Catholic Church
(Definition of High Church adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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