† Morellianismn.1
Obsolete.
The body of radical reforms in church government proposed by the theologian J. Morély; advocacy of such reforms. See Morellian adj.1
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Morellianism1664
1664 J. Wilson in J. Norton Three Choice Serm. sig. A3v/1 An Orthodox Divine he [sc. John Norton] was (his writings all do show,)... Church-holy-order he maintain'd against Morellianisme, Decrying every sect, but most abhorring Quakerisme.
1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People 62 This [sc. charity] would cure all the morellianisme, and libertinisme in the Brethren of New-England Churches.
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Morellianismn.2
/məˈrɛlɪənɪz(ə)m/, /mɒˈrɛlɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /məˈrɛljəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /məˈrɛliəˌnɪz(ə)m/ The highly systematic technique of art criticism introduced by Giovanni Morelli: see Morellian adj.2 and n.
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art history1848
iconography1851
Kunstgeschichte1892
Morellianism1895
1895 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 267/1 Perhaps the indifference of the public is due to the same thing which has caused ‘Morellianism’ to be so ridiculed among non-professionals, namely, the prevalence of the theory that art is a miracle, and cannot be narrowed within the compass of scientific laws.
1916 B. Berenson Study & Crit. Ital. Art 3rd Ser. 34 Morellianism, surgical, pitiless, iconoclastic even as it seemed, was yet inspired by the Romantic ideal of genius.
1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 June p. xv/1 The persistence of Morellianism is naturally more apparent in the strictly historical literature of art than in its criticism.
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