Byzantinism

[biz-uh n-tee-niz-uh m, -tahy-, bahy-zuh n-, bih-zan-tuh-]

noun Eastern Church.

caesaropapism, especially before the Great Schism of 1054.

Origin of Byzantinism

First recorded in 1850–55; Byzantine + -ism

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Historical Examples of byzantinism

In France since that date, liberalism, anarchy, and Byzantinism have held alternate sway.
Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871
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