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ecclesiasticism|ɛˌkliːzɪˈæstɪsɪz(ə)m| [f. ecclesiastic + -ism.] The spirit and temper, or the principles of action, which are distinctively ecclesiastical.
1862Shirley Nug. Crit. vii. 297 There are..certain anomalies of mediæval ecclesiasticism..which are utterly repugnant to his intellect. 1876A. M. Fairbairn Strauss ii. in Contemp. Rev. June 139 The struggle between..Ecclesiasticism and Humanism. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. xxxvi. 506 A character extremely familiar in the annals of ecclesiasticism. b. concr. An ecclesiastical system.
1868Fortn. Rev. May 498 Those organisations..contrast..with the older ecclesiasticisms. |