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Definition of Clericalism
1. Noun. A policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters.
Definition of Clericalism
1. n. An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.
Definition of Clericalism
1. Noun. political or secular power invested in members of the clergy. ¹
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Definition of Clericalism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clericalism
Literary usage of Clericalism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. France Herself Again by Ernest Dimnet (1914)
"Anti-clericalism the only Continuous Policy The first great battle that the ...
The second battle was against what was called clericalism—that is to say, ..."
2. The World as the Subject of Redemption: Being an Attempt to Set Forth the by William Henry Fremantle (1895)
"But, thirdly, what is required further for the full extension of the Christian
principle is the abandonment of clericalism. By clericalism I understand the ..."
3. French Prophets of Yesterday: A Study of Religious Thought Under the Second by Albert Léon Guérard (1913)
"That Anti-clericalism, or opposition to the political influence of the Church,
... Anti- clericalism in France is not a passion, not a crisis, but, ..."
4. The United States and Mexico, 1821-1848: A History of the Relations Between by George Lockhart Rives (1913)
"... CHAPTER XXXIX ANTI-clericalism AND ANTI-SLAVERY THE authorities in Mexico,
unlike those in the United States, gave themselves very little ..."
5. France To-day: Its Religious Orientation by Paul Sabatier (1913)
"... with anti-clericalism—Impressions produced in country districts by certain
manifestations of the latter—That a profound antipathy towards clericalism is ..."
6. Proceedings at the ... Annual Meeting of the Free Religious Association by Meeting (1907)
"No country has suffered more from the evils of clericalism than India. ...
Our friend will now speak to you on the fruits of clericalism in India. ..."
7. The Tragedy of Quebec.: The Expulsion of Its Protestant Farmers by Robert Sellar (1907)
"The Peril of clericalism We are sinking beneath a power before which the proudest
conquerors have grown pale, and by which the nations, most devoted to ..."
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