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sacerdotalism

sacerdotalism noun: the spirit of the priesthood; devotion to priestly interests; priestcraft.

Noun

sacerdotalism (countable and uncountable, plural sacerdotalisms)

  1. The spirit of the priesthood; devotion to priestly interests; priestcraft.
  2. The belief that priests can act as mediators between God and humankind.
    • [T]hey tell fortunes, which practice, confined to a certain caste but forbidden to others, seems to be a kind of sacerdotalism.a. 1891 (date written), Richard F[rancis] Burton, “II. The Gypsy. Chapter V. The Gypsy in Asia.”, in W[illiam] H[enry] Wilkins, editor, The Jew, the Gypsy and El Islam […], London: Hutchinson & Co...
    • You make me hate Christianity, or mysticism, or Sacerdotalism, or whatever it may be called, if it’s that which has caused this deterioration in you.1894 December – 1895 November, Thomas Hardy, chapter III, in Jude the Obscure, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], published 1896, →OCLC

sacerdotalism meaning in Kannada

sacerdotalism in Kannada

ಪೌರೋಹಿತಶಾಹಿ

Forms of sacerdotalism

pluralsacerdotalisms

Origin of sacerdotalism

From sacerdotal + -ism.

Questions about sacerdotalism

What does sacerdotalism mean?
Sacerdotalism means the spirit of the priesthood; devotion to priestly interests; priestcraft.
What is sacerdotalism in Kannada?
Sacerdotalism in Kannada is ಪೌರೋಹಿತಶಾಹಿ. See Sacerdotalism meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is sacerdotalism?
Sacerdotalism is a noun.
What is the plural of sacerdotalism?
The plural of sacerdotalism is sacerdotalisms.

Words near sacerdotalism in the dictionary

  1. sacerdotal
  2. sacerdotalise
  3. sacerdotalised
  4. sacerdotalises
  5. sacerdotalising
  6. sacerdotalism
  7. sacerdotalisms
  8. sacerdotalist
  9. sacerdotalists
  10. sacerdotalize
  11. sacerdotalized

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