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territorialism

[ter-i-tawr-ee-uh-liz-uh m, -tohr-]
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noun
  1. a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  2. Also called territorial system. a theory of church policy according to which the supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the civil power.

Origin of territorialism

First recorded in 1870–75; territorial + -ism
Related formster·ri·to·ri·al·ist, noun
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Historical Examples

  • The movements of the first kind are represented by Political Zionism and Territorialism.

    History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Vol. 3 of 3.

    S. M. Dubnow

British Dictionary definitions for territorialism

territorialism

noun
  1. a social system under which the predominant force in the state is the landed class
  2. a former Protestant theory that the civil government has the right to determine the religious beliefs of the subjects of a state
Derived Formsterritorialist, noun
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