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Clericalism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A policy of supporting the power and influence of the clergy in political or secular matters.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. political or secular power invested in members of the clergy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Clerical power or influence; especially, the undue influence of the clergy, or support of such influence; sacerdotalism.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters

Word Usage

"There is nothing to fear for Ireland, either now or in the future, from what I may term clericalism in politics, whilst on the other hand it is earnestly to be hoped that nothing will ever happen to intrude unnecessarily the question or authority of religion in the domain of more mundane affairs."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

policy

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sacerdotalism ministerialism

Same Context

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