Associations to the word «Ecclesiasticism»

Wiktionary

ECCLESIASTICISM, noun. Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.

Dictionary definition

ECCLESIASTICISM, noun. Excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities; "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion".
ECCLESIASTICISM, noun. Religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke