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caesaropapisms

caesaropapisms is the plural 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 caesaropapisms

What is caesaropapisms the plural of?
Caesaropapisms is the plural of caesaropapism.

Words near caesaropapisms in the dictionary

  1. Caesarizes
  2. Caesarizing
  3. caesaropapacy
  4. caesaropapalism
  5. caesaropapism
  6. caesaropapisms
  7. caesaropapist
  8. caesaropapists
  9. caesaropopism
  10. caesarotomies
  11. caesarotomy

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