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Döllingerism

Döllingerism noun: support for Ignaz von Döllinger, a 19th-century German Catholic theologian who rejected papal infallibility.

Noun

Döllingerism (uncountable)

  1. (dated) Support for Ignaz von Döllinger, a 19th-century German Catholic theologian who rejected papal infallibility.
    • It will be only under the pressure of hard necessity that Döllingerism will ever consent to regard itself as a German sect.1872 August 10, “Döllinger at the Munich Jubilee”, in The Spectator, volume 45, number 2302, page 1006
    • There is nothing new in Döllingerism. It is the old story, as old as human shame and sin, of the vanity which is a law to itself, and the pride which will not stoop to obey.1874, Thomas William Marshall, Protestant Journalism, page 156

Origin of Döllingerism

Döllinger + -ism

Questions about Döllingerism

What does Döllingerism mean?
Döllingerism means support for Ignaz von Döllinger, a 19th-century German Catholic theologian who rejected papal infallibility.
What part of speech is Döllingerism?
Döllingerism is a noun.

Words near Döllingerism in the dictionary

  1. Döbereiner's lamp
  2. Döbereiner's lamps
  3. Döderlein's bacillus
  4. Döhle bodies
  5. Döhle body
  6. Döllingerism
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  8. döner kebab
  9. döner kebabs
  10. döner kebap
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