politico-religiousadj.
/pəˌlɪtᵻkəʊrᵻˈlɪdʒəs/, U.S. /pəˌlɪdᵻkoʊrəˈlɪdʒəs/ Both political and religious; relating to politics and religion.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > [adjective] > political and > specific
hieraticopolitical1685
politico-religious1754
politico-moral1778
politico-military1832
politico-social1844
psychopolitical1915
society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > kinds of religions > [adjective] > political
politico-religious1754
1754 Connoisseur (1755) No. 47. 281 We were inspired with a detestation of the pope and pretender by the Nonjuror, the Jesuit Caught, and such other politico-religious dramas.
1804 C. B. Brown tr. C. F. de Volney View Soil & Climate U.S.A. p. xiii A power raised upon a politico-religious foundation [Fr. l'ancienne doctrine politico-religieuse], like that claimed by the Stuarts of England.
1841 R. C. Trench Parables (1877) iii. 46 The parables of Jesus have not primarily a moral, but a politico-religious, or theocratic purpose.
1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 80 The politico-religious schemes of the Lollards.
1908 Daily Chron. 19 June 4/6 Those politico-religious missionaries, who, instead of putting out the fire, secretly throw fuel into the flames.
1953 Newsweek 4 May 48/3 Private armies of politico-religious sects such as the Caodaists.
1991 Hist. Workshop Spring 99 The sharpening of politico-religious divisions in the 1790s, culminating bloodily in 1798, no doubt exacerbated their fears of Catholic nationalism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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