sacerdotalismn.
/sasəˈdəʊtəlɪz(ə)m/ 1. The sacerdotal spirit or system; the principles or practice of the priesthood. Chiefly in unfavourable sense: Pursuit of the interests of the priestly order in opposition to those of the laity; undue assumption of authority on the part of the priesthood.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun] > office of a priest
priesthoodOE
sanctuaryc1380
priestheada1400
priestdom1528
priestship1584
flamenship1600
sacerdotala1640
sacerdocya1706
long robe1762
sacerdoce1829
priestism1842
sacerdotalism1847
sacerdotium1931
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun] > dominion of priests > undue authority
priestcraft1681
sacerdotalism1847
sacerdotage1884
1847–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Sacerdotalism, the spirit of the priest~hood.
1860 H. B. Wilson in Ess. & Rev. 150 A self-satisfied sacerdotalism..might succeed in keeping peace within the walls of emptied churches.
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Jan. 4 A people so imbued with detestation of sacerdotalism or priestly assumption of power as are the English.
1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. xi. 128 In the eyes of Europe, the cause in which Becket fell was the cause of sacerdotalism.
1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead xvii. 494 The influence for evil of the rival sacerdotalisms as they exist in Turkey.
2. The assertion of the existence in the Christian church of a sacerdotal order or priesthood having sacrificial functions and invested with supernatural powers.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun] > dominion of priests > sacrificial functions and supernatural powers
sacerdotalism1856
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 237 These sermons of Tauler assert so audaciously against sacerdotalism, the true priesthood of every Christian man.
1881 Church Q. Rev. XII. 434 Sacerdotalism, i.e. the belief in certain individuals ordained in a certain way being the exclusive instrument, in the Divine covenant, of sacramental graces.
1905 Church Times 22 Sept. 337/3 True sacerdotalism is all one with true Churchmanship.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
<
n.1847