ecclesiasticism

[ ih-klee-zee-as-tuh-siz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

ecclesiastical principles, practices, or spirit.
devotion, especially excessive devotion, to the principles or interests of the church.

ecclesiasticism

/ ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪˌsɪzəm /

First recorded in 1860–65; ecclesiastic + -ism

Their scepticism about Universals thus overleapt itself, and fell on the other side, into obscurantist ecclesiasticism.

True blue Presbyterianism rose in contrast with milder colours of Ecclesiasticism.

And this intimacy humanizes religious controversy and brings ecclesiasticism back to men.

Besides his rebellion against restraint, his dislike to ecclesiasticism was artistic and sthetic.

The Jesuits, on the other hand, favoured the preservation of ancient feudalism and ecclesiasticism.

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