ecclesiasticism

[ ih-klee-zee-as-tuh-siz-uhm ]

/ ɪˌkli ziˈæs təˌsɪz əm /

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noun

ecclesiastical principles, practices, or spirit.

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

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Origin of ecclesiasticism

First recorded in 1860–65; ecclesiastic + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM ecclesiasticism

an·ti·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cism, noun

Words nearby ecclesiasticism

ecclesiastical, ecclesiastical calendar, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, ecclesiastical court, ecclesiastical society, ecclesiasticism, Ecclesiasticus, ecclesiolatry, ecclesiology, Ecclestone, Ecclus.

How to use ecclesiasticism in a sentence

Their scepticism about Universals thus overleapt itself, and fell on the other side, into obscurantist ecclesiasticism.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells
True blue Presbyterianism rose in contrast with milder colours of Ecclesiasticism.
Recollections of a Long Life|John Stoughton
And this intimacy humanizes religious controversy and brings ecclesiasticism back to men.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann
Besides his rebellion against restraint, his dislike to ecclesiasticism was artistic and sthetic.
Lafcadio Hearn|Nina H. Kennard

The Jesuits, on the other hand, favoured the preservation of ancient feudalism and ecclesiasticism.
Lafcadio Hearn|Nina H. Kennard

British Dictionary definitions for ecclesiasticism

ecclesiasticism

/ (ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪˌsɪzəm) /

noun

exaggerated attachment to the practices or principles of the Christian Church

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