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church militant
noun
, Theology.
- those Christians on earth who are engaged in a continuous war against evil and the enemies of Christ.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of church militant1
First recorded in 1530–40
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Example Sentences
They will always remember that thou wert their faithful mother, their robust nurse, and their church militant.
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Indeed, the outward manifestations of Huguenot zeal had then ceased to be characteristic of the Church militant.
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The church militant and triumphant could no longer be the church humble and unknown.
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Islam became a permanent and world-wide religion only when it clothed itself with armour and became a church militant.
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I'll swear that's not the text, but any of my troopers could quote it you; every man of them is an incarnate Church militant.
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