territorialism


ter·ri·to·ri·al·ism

T0122000 (tĕr′ĭ-tôr′ē-ə-lĭz′əm)n.1. A social system that gives authority and influence in a state to the landowners.2. A system of church government based on primacy of civil power.
ter′ri·to′ri·al·ist n.

territorialism

(ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəlɪzəm) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a social system under which the predominant force in the state is the landed class2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a former Protestant theory that the civil government has the right to determine the religious beliefs of the subjects of a state ˌterriˈtorialist n

territorialism

1. the principle of the political predominance of the landed classes; landlordism.
2. the theory of church policy vesting supreme ecclesiastical authority in a civil government, as in 16th-century Germany. Also called territorial system. — territorialist, n.See also: Politics