Vaticanism

American  

[vat-i-kuh-niz-uhm] / ˈvæt ɪ kəˌnɪz əm /

noun

Usually Disparaging.

1. the doctrine of the absolute supremacy of the pope.

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Vaticanism British  

/ ˈvætɪkəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. derogatory the authority and policies of the Pope and the papal curia, esp with regard to papal infallibility

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Other Word Forms

• Vaticanist
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of Vaticanism

First recorded in 1870–75; Vatican + -ism

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Example Sentences

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Vaticanism

Among others who replied to Vaticanism was Dr. Newman; he appended a new postscript of four-and-twenty pages to his former answer to the first of Mr. Gladstone's pamphlets.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley

It was broken again by the controversy about Vaticanism, in 1875, and some fifteen years later was happily revived by the good offices of a common friend.

From Collections and Recollections by George William Erskine Russell

It must also be stated that so far from approving Mr. Gladstone's attack on Vaticanism, he did his utmost to prevent its publication, which he regarded as neither fair nor wise.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

As he wrote to Döllinger, the evil lay deeper, and Vaticanism was but the last triumph of a policy that was centuries old.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

Nothing could exceed the discord of vituperation, the Hebraism of Carlyle denouncing the Vaticanism of Wiseman, "Free Kirk and other rubbish" pitted against "Comtism, ghastliest of algebraic spectralities."

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Edmund Gosse

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