old catholic church

English Thesaurus

1. Catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th century (noun.group)

hypernym	:	catholic church,
definition	:	any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church (noun.group)

member holonym	:	old catholic,
definition	:	a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope (noun.person)