broad church
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broad church¹
noun broad churches
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A wide scope of political or religious philosophies and ideas.
The Liberal party in Australia is often described as being a broad church, encompassing conservatives and radicals, wets and dries.
Similar: big tent
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Broad Church
Broad Church²
proper noun broad church
- The movement to latitudinarian churchmanship in the Church of England; collectively, those people engaged in the movement. Hampden contributed nothing to the theology of his time and specifically rejected the Broad Church in the 1860s.
Talk about this word "broad church." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/broad%20church. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. broad church. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/broad%20church "broad church." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/broad%20church.Cite this
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title = {broad church},
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