ecclesiasticism

[ih-klee-zee-as-tuh-siz-uh m]

noun

ecclesiastical principles, practices, or spirit.
devotion, especially excessive devotion, to the principles or interests of the church.

Origin of ecclesiasticism

First recorded in 1860–65; ecclesiastic + -ism

Related formsan·ti·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cism, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for ecclesiasticism

Historical Examples of ecclesiasticism

Ecclesiasticism and commercialism, antagonism between, 134-136.
A Century of Science and Other Essays
John Fiske
Philosophy was the "handmaid" of theology and ecclesiasticism.
The Wonders of Life
Ernst Haeckel
Yet Christianity too, in spite of ecclesiasticism, teems with ideas.
At Large
Arthur Christopher Benson
The University became a centre of politics and ecclesiasticism.
Oxford and its Story
Cecil Headlam
In this it offered a counterpart to the prophecies of ecclesiasticism.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
John William Draper

British Dictionary definitions for ecclesiasticism

ecclesiasticism

noun

exaggerated attachment to the practices or principles of the Christian Church

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012