1. (noun) any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church

• byzantine church
• eastern church
• church of rome
• roman catholic
• roman catholic church
• roman church
• western church
• eastern church
• eastern orthodox
• eastern orthodox church
• orthodox catholic church
• orthodox church
• old catholic church
• uniat church
• uniate church

1. (noun) any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church

• catholic

1. (noun) any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church

• christian church
• church