Definition of "church-state" [church-state]

• A state ruled by religious authority (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The regional NLRB is simply applying to adjunct faculty a legal standard for church-state separation that's been in place for decades, according to Michael Broyde, an expert on church-state law at Emory University School of Law."
• "Beshear had raised concerns including that the state would lose control of an important public asset, and constitutional worries related to church-state separation."
• "They talk about the Constitution, but they are interested in undermining the constitutional principle of church-state separation that protects the rights of all people of faith, especially religious minorities."