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Kulturkampf

[Ger. kool-toor-kahmpf] Origin

Kul·tur·kampf

[Ger. kool-toor-kahmpf]
noun
the conflict between the German imperial government and the Roman Catholic Church from 1872 or 1873 until 1886, chiefly over the control of education and ecclesiastical appointments.

Origin:
< German: culture struggle, equivalent to Kultur culture + Kampf battle, struggle (cognate with Old English camp); see camp1, kemp1
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Kulturkampf (kʊlˈtʊəˌkæmpf, ˈkʊltə-)
 
n
the struggle of the Prussian state against the Roman Catholic Church (1872--87), which took the form of laws designed to bring education, marriage, etc, under the control of the state
 
[German: culture struggle]

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kulturkampf
1879, "struggle between Ger. government and Catholic Church over control of educational and ecclesiastical appointments, 1872-86," from Ger., lit. "struggle for culture," from Kultur + Kampf "combat, fight, struggle," from L. campus "field, battlefield."
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