Definition of secular arm in English:

secular arm

noun

the secular arm

The legal authority of the civil power as invoked by the Church to punish offenders.
she was convicted and turned over to the secular arm for execution
Example sentencesExamples
- To protect their understanding of Christian freedom, these Lutherans refused to be compelled in matters of church usages when the secular arm of authority was forcing the issue.
- In Western Christendom the Church of Rome exercised spiritual domination and was not reluctant to use the secular arm - that is, the civil authorities and their armies - to ensure conformity in doctrine and practice.
- In Portugal the inquisition was still releasing heretics to be burnt by the secular arm as late as 1750.
- The so-called ultramontanes believed that the state should serve as the secular arm of the Church and enforce its monopoly of the truth against all rival ideologies.
- They were equivalent to the Church Militant - or secular arm - of Joan of Arc's era which carried out her public burning in Rouen's market square.

Definition of secular arm in US English:

secular arm

noun

the secular arm

The legal authority of the civil power as invoked by the Church to punish offenders.
she was convicted and turned over to the secular arm for execution
Example sentencesExamples
- The so-called ultramontanes believed that the state should serve as the secular arm of the Church and enforce its monopoly of the truth against all rival ideologies.
- In Western Christendom the Church of Rome exercised spiritual domination and was not reluctant to use the secular arm - that is, the civil authorities and their armies - to ensure conformity in doctrine and practice.
- In Portugal the inquisition was still releasing heretics to be burnt by the secular arm as late as 1750.
- To protect their understanding of Christian freedom, these Lutherans refused to be compelled in matters of church usages when the secular arm of authority was forcing the issue.
- They were equivalent to the Church Militant - or secular arm - of Joan of Arc's era which carried out her public burning in Rouen's market square.

单词	secular arm
释义	Definition of secular arm in English: secular arm noun the secular arm The legal authority of the civil power as invoked by the Church to punish offenders. she was convicted and turned over to the secular arm for execution Example sentencesExamples To protect their understanding of Christian freedom, these Lutherans refused to be compelled in matters of church usages when the secular arm of authority was forcing the issue. In Western Christendom the Church of Rome exercised spiritual domination and was not reluctant to use the secular arm - that is, the civil authorities and their armies - to ensure conformity in doctrine and practice. In Portugal the inquisition was still releasing heretics to be burnt by the secular arm as late as 1750. The so-called ultramontanes believed that the state should serve as the secular arm of the Church and enforce its monopoly of the truth against all rival ideologies. They were equivalent to the Church Militant - or secular arm - of Joan of Arc's era which carried out her public burning in Rouen's market square. Definition of secular arm in US English: secular arm noun the secular arm The legal authority of the civil power as invoked by the Church to punish offenders. she was convicted and turned over to the secular arm for execution Example sentencesExamples The so-called ultramontanes believed that the state should serve as the secular arm of the Church and enforce its monopoly of the truth against all rival ideologies. In Western Christendom the Church of Rome exercised spiritual domination and was not reluctant to use the secular arm - that is, the civil authorities and their armies - to ensure conformity in doctrine and practice. In Portugal the inquisition was still releasing heretics to be burnt by the secular arm as late as 1750. To protect their understanding of Christian freedom, these Lutherans refused to be compelled in matters of church usages when the secular arm of authority was forcing the issue. They were equivalent to the Church Militant - or secular arm - of Joan of Arc's era which carried out her public burning in Rouen's market square.
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