Church Of Ireland (Noun)
Meaning
Autonomous branch of the Church of England in Ireland.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Church of Ireland was an autonomous branch of the Church of England in Ireland until it was disestablished in 1871.
- In the 16th century, the Church of Ireland was declared the established church in the Kingdom of Ireland by an Act of the Irish Parliament.
- The Church of Ireland was the established church in Ireland until the Irish Church Act 1869 came into effect in 1871.
- As the autonomous branch of the Church of England in Ireland, the Church of Ireland had its own archbishops and bishops.
- The Church of Ireland was closely tied to the English monarchy and the Church of England until it was disestablished in the 19th century.