In this chapter "society" means the religious body constituted in accordance with the principles of the ecclesiastical polity which forms the basis of the corporation designated in this chapter as the church, congregation, or society, as distinguished from the corporation itself.
Minn. Stat. § 315.08
(7969) RL s 3138; 1925 c 194 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1