ecclesiasticism
Americannoun
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ecclesiastical principles, practices, or spirit.
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devotion, especially excessive devotion, to the principles or interests of the church.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ecclesiasticism
First recorded in 1860–65; ecclesiastic + -ism
Example Sentences
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Or was it the ecclesiasticism reaches, as everyone knows, from Maine to California, from Mississippi Baptists to Princeton theologues.
From Time Magazine Archive
The timing of Easter, a confusing system mixing astronomy and ecclesiasticism, was worked out by the early Christian Church at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. and has never been changed.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a simple spectator without encumbrances he might have enjoyed the service and derived considerable inspiration from it for the decorative ecclesiasticism of his new play; as an uncle it alarmed and confused him.
From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton
It was the brief triumph of that reforming and liberal spirit which for so many years had been struggling to free Spain from the burdens of aristocracy and ecclesiasticism.
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
No matter what the subject may be, there is usually a smack of ecclesiasticism in the ordinary give-and-take of conversation.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
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