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ecclesiasticism

noun
ec路​cle路​si路​as路​ti路​cism | \ i-藢kl膿-z膿-藞a-st蓹-藢si-z蓹m How to pronounce ecclesiasticism (audio) , e-藢kl膿-\

Definition of ecclesiasticism

: excessive attachment to ecclesiastical forms and practices

First Known Use of ecclesiasticism

circa 1859, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for ecclesiasticism

ecclesiastic entry 1 or ecclesiastic(al) + -ism

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