Kulturkampf

[ German kool-toor-kahmpf ]

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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.

Kulturkampf

/ kʊlˈtʊəˌkæmpf; ˈkʊltə- /

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, equivalent to Kultur culture + Kampf battle, struggle (cognate with Old English camp ); camp ¹, kemp ¹

German: culture struggle

But my unilateral declaration of an end to the kulturkampf was depressingly naive.

The campaign, after all, needs to stroke its still-wary base without openly associating with passionate cries for Kulturkampf.

In other words, he has to run a kulturkampf campaign, at least to some extent.

He certainly gives new meaning to the word kulturkampf--this struggle over culture is within himself!

By this, the real Kulturkampf, the attempt of the state to control the intellect and faith of the clergy, ceased.

The Kulturkampf made necessary the formation of the Centre, of which Malincrodt was at first the chief and spokesman.

The record of persecution during the first five years of the Kulturkampf is an appalling arraignment of its perpetrators.

On May 21, 1886, the theological schools were re-established as they had been before the beginning of the Kulturkampf.

It was also the view universally taken by the German governments which supported the Kulturkampf in a greater or less degree.

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