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conciliarists

conciliarists is the plural of conciliarist.

Meaning of conciliarist

Noun

conciliarist (plural conciliarists)

  1. A believer in conciliarism; someone who thinks the highest authority of the Church is found in ecumenical councils.
    • Conciliarists never achieved consensus as to how to define the Church or account for the authority of a council.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, New York: Penguin Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 561

Questions about conciliarists

What is conciliarists the plural of?
Conciliarists is the plural of conciliarist.

Words near conciliarists in the dictionary

  1. conciliabules
  2. conciliant
  3. conciliar
  4. conciliarism
  5. conciliarist
  6. conciliarists
  7. conciliarity
  8. conciliarly
  9. conciliary
  10. conciliate
  11. conciliated

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