Ecclesiasticism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ecclesiasticism \Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cism\, n.
     Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ecclesiasticism
       n 1: excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities;
            "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion"
       2: religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical
          principles and practices