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territorialism|tɛrɪˈtɔərɪəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. prec. + -ism.]
A territorial system.
1. A system which gives predominance to the landed class; landlordism.
1881Parnell in Philad. Record No. 3357. 1 Appealing to the great masses of England and Scotland against the territorialism and shopocracy which dominates Parliament. 1882Kay in Macm. Mag. XLVI. 150 The anomalies consequent on the various reigns of feudalism and territorialism. 1884Manch. Exam. 19 June 5/1 The old flag of Tory territorialism or the new ensign of Tory democracy.
2. Rendering German Territorialsystem, applied to a theory of church government which places the supreme authority in the civil power. Cf. collegialism.
1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 1821 [Pfaff] defended the collegial system against the reigning territorialism. 1888Schaff Hist. Chr. Ch. VI. i. viii. 25 Territorialism, whose motto is Cujus regio, ejus religio.
3. Sc. The organization of church work on territorial lines; the extension of the parochial system to smaller areas: see territorial 2 c.
1873T. Cochrane Home Mission Work vi. (1885) 133 The grand practical work of Territorialism. 1904J. Wells J. H. Wilson vi. 51 Territorialism is the parochial system in its perfection, adjusted to the needs of a great city.
4. The organization of the Army on a territorial or local basis: see territorial 4.
1903Sat. Rev. 24 Oct. 503/2 Territorialism may often be good as a recruiting principle, but seldom as a limit to a regiment's definition.
5. Zool. = territoriality 2.
1933M. M. Nice in Fifty Years' Progress Amer. Ornithol. (Amer. Ornithologists' Union) 89 (title) The theory of territorialism and its development. 1969A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 410 Strong territorialism is shown [in gobies], the males defending a suitable nesting site. |