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cæsaropapism

cæsaropapism is the obsolete typography of caesaropapism.

Meaning of caesaropapism

Noun

caesaropapism (countable and uncountable, plural caesaropapisms)

  1. The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.
    • Shari'a civil law and Ottoman secular fiscal and administrative practice were all combined with Byzantine Caesaropapism, entrenching the ruler as legislator and inhibiting the transition to the rule of law ultimately made in the Empire.2016, Peter H[amish] Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe’s History, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 148

Questions about cæsaropapism

What is cæsaropapism the obsolete typography of?
Cæsaropapism is the obsolete typography of caesaropapism.

Words near cæsaropapism in the dictionary

  1. Cæsareans
  2. cæsarian
  3. Cæsarian section
  4. Cæsarians
  5. Cæsarism
  6. cæsaropapism
  7. Cæsars
  8. cæsious
  9. cæsium
  10. cæsura
  11. cæsural

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