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sacerdotalism|sæsəˈdəʊtəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. sacerdotal a. + -ism.]
1. The sacerdotal spirit or system; the principles or practice of the priesthood. Chiefly in unfavourable sense: Pursuit of the interests of the priestly order in opposition to those of the laity; undue assumption of authority on the part of the priesthood.
1847–54Webster, Sacerdotalism, the spirit of the priest⁓hood. 1860H. B. Wilson in Ess. & Rev. 150 A self-satisfied sacerdotalism..might succeed in keeping peace within the walls of emptied churches. 1869Pall Mall G. 7 Jan. 4 A people so imbued with detestation of sacerdotalism or priestly assumption of power as are the English. 1877Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. xi. 128 In the eyes of Europe, the cause in which Becket fell was the cause of sacerdotalism. 1880L. Oliphant Gilead xvii. 494 The influence for evil of the rival sacerdotalisms as they exist in Turkey.
2. The assertion of the existence in the Christian church of a sacerdotal order or priesthood having sacrificial functions and invested with supernatural powers.
1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 237 These sermons of Tauler assert so audaciously against sacerdotalism, the true priesthood of every Christian man. 1881Ch. Q. Rev. XII. 434 Sacerdotalism, i.e. the belief in certain individuals ordained in a certain way being the exclusive instrument, in the Divine covenant, of sacramental graces. 1905Ch. Times 22 Sept. 337/3 True sacerdotalism is all one with true Churchmanship. |