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ecclesiasticism

ecclesiasticism noun: strong attachment to ecclesiastical customs and practices.

Noun

ecclesiasticism (countable and uncountable, plural ecclesiasticisms)

  1. Strong attachment to ecclesiastical customs and practices.
    • The methods of punishment were drastic and Orbilian; the curriculum and the textbooks two centuries behind the age; the informing spirit ecclesiasticism cut and dried.1903, Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, Studies in Napoleonic Statemanship Germany, page 278

Forms of ecclesiasticism

pluralecclesiasticisms

Origin of ecclesiasticism

From ecclesiastic + -ism.

Questions about ecclesiasticism

What does ecclesiasticism mean?
Ecclesiasticism means strong attachment to ecclesiastical customs and practices.
What part of speech is ecclesiasticism?
Ecclesiasticism is a noun.
What is the plural of ecclesiasticism?
The plural of ecclesiasticism is ecclesiasticisms.

Words near ecclesiasticism in the dictionary

  1. ecclesiastical laws
  2. Ecclesiastical State
  3. Ecclesiastical States
  4. ecclesiasticall
  5. ecclesiastically
  6. ecclesiasticism
  7. ecclesiasticisms
  8. ecclesiasticize
  9. ecclesiasticized
  10. ecclesiasticizes
  11. ecclesiasticizing

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