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How to pronounce ecclesiasticism in English?

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Type Words
Type of adherence, adhesion, attachment


their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion.
Type Words
Type of faith, religion, religious belief

Examples of ecclesiasticism

ecclesiasticism
The clergy felt threatened by beguines'attempts to provide spiritual guidance to the community around them, particularly when they propagated mysticism over ecclesiasticism.
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These conditions at first continued in the subsequently established Germanic kingdoms under the Burgundians and Franks, for ecclesiasticism took root slowly.
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The subjection of the Church to the power of the State led to a governmental ecclesiasticism, causing friction with Roman Catholic Church, which had remained relatively independent.
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More examples
  • Excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities; "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion"
  • Religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices
  • Excessive adherence to religious principles.