sacerdotalism
Americannoun
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the principles, methods, etc, of the priesthood
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the belief that ordained priests are endowed with sacramental and sacrificial powers
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exaggerated respect for priests
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derogatory power over people's opinions and actions achieved by priests through sophistry or guile
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Etymology
Origin of sacerdotalism
First recorded in 1840–50; sacerdotal + -ism
Example Sentences
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All such personal relationship, we again repeat, is incompatible with pantheism, and almost equally so with the popular sacerdotalism.
From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by Morrison, John
THE claim of sacerdotalism is substantially as follows: Adam was the first man and the sole progenitor of the entire human race.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.
In Europe we are accustomed to associate the ideas of sacerdotalism, hierarchy and dogma, mainly because they are united in the greatest religious organization familiar to us, the Roman Catholic Church.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Moreover, the theories of Dionysius about the earthly and heavenly hierarchies were by no means unwelcome to sacerdotalism.
From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph
His treatment of Holy Communion in these Sacraments, as well as in sundry other designs, is an instance of the way in which he pushed full far his sacerdotalism.
From Overbeck by Atkinson, J. Beavington
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