Hildebrandicadj.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the policy of Hildebrand, who as Gregory VII was Pope 1073–85, and was distinguished by his unbending assertion of the power of the papacy and hierarchy, and of the celibacy of the clergy.
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Hildebrandic1839
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe iii. ii. §8. 49 No extravagance of Hildebrandic principles would find countenance under his [sc. Cardinal Richelieu's] administration.
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ˈHildeˌbrandine adj.
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Hildebrandic1839
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 566 They sought by Hildebrandine arts to exalt themselves above all that is called God in civil Magistracy.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. ii. 143 The Hildebrandine decrees against lay investiture and the marriage of the clergy.
ˈHildebrandism n.
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Hildebrandism1854
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vi. iii. 69 Against the Hildebrandism of Rome and the monasticism of Christendom.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 14 Apr. 7/2 Erastianism..is the control of the Church by the State; but an equal evil is Hildebrandism, the control of the State by the Church.
ˈHildebrandist n.
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Hildebrandist1680
1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery Pref. 4 Our Covenanting Hildebrandists..would set their feet on the Necks of Christian Princes.
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