"clericalism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clericalisms [plural]
Etymology: From clerical + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clerical|ism}} clerical + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} clericalism (usually uncountable, plural clericalisms)
  1. political or secular power invested in members of the clergy. Wikipedia link: clericalism Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: clericalist Translations (secular power invested in members of the clergy): 教權主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 教权主义 (jiàoquán zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), klerikalisme [neuter] (Dutch), cléricalisme [masculine] (French), clericalismo (Galician), klerikalizmus (Hungarian), clericalismo [masculine] (Italian), клерикализм (klerikalizm) (Russian), klerikalism [common-gender] (Swedish)

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